Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TECOLME

TECOLME, a parish, in the barony of BALLYADAMS, QUEEN'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 5 miles (S. W.) from Athy, on the road from Stradbally to Carlow; containing 228 inhabitants. It is in the diocese of Leighlin; the rectory is impropriate in the representatives of Thos. Fitzgerald, Esq.; the vicarage forms the corps of the prebend of Tecolme, in the patronage of the Bishop. The tithes amount to £100. 7. 8 ¾., of which £66. 18. 6. is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Ballyadams.


(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Laoighis IrlC
Place: Tecolm

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