Some time ago I copied out some Tipperary places from a couple of gazetteers. I wanted to add a little more to these. I left off at DERRY. The ones previously transcribes can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irltip2/topo/index.htm These are all from a micofiche of the 1844 Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. The text is a bit blurry in spots and I had trouble copying so a couple of letters were missing on the edge of the page. I have used an underscore (_) where there was a missing letter. ------------------------------------------------ DERRY-CASTLE, a demesne, the property of Mr. Head, on the west border of the barony of Owney and Arra, co. Tipperary, Munster. It occupies a beautiful and prominent situation on the bold banks of the lower reach of Lough Derg, 2 1/4 miles north-north-east of Killaloe. Above it, on the slopes of the hills which screen the lake, are the celebrated slate-quarries, which have been so long in successful operation. DERRYFADDA, one of several denominations of a section of bog, on the mutual border of the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, and immediately west of Johnstown and Urlingford, Leinster. The other denominations are Clonsalla, Bawnmore, Inchyrourk, Urlingford, Longford, Keilcattagh, Leigh, Maunselstown, and Keilmakill. The whole section is bounded, on the north by the road from Derryfadda to Bawnmore; on the east, by the road from Urlingford to Littleton; and on the west, by Two-mile Borris, Castletown, and Derryfadda. Area, 5,540 English acres. Highest and lowest points above sea-level, respectively 422 and 364 feet; greatest and average depth, respectively 27 and 18 feet. The drainage of the greater part is westward by two or three rills or rivulets to the Suir; _ut of a small part is eastward within the basin of the Nore. Estimated cost of reclamation, £7,245 _s. 2d. DERRYGRATH, a parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa West, 2 1/4 miles east by south of Cahir, co. Tipperary, Munster. Length, southward, 3 1/4 miles; extreme breadth, 2 1/4; area, 3,777 acres. Pop., in 1831, 1,286; in 1841, 1,329 (?). Houses 204. The land is for the most part good. The road from Clonmel to Cahir passes through the interior. The _ats are Garryroe, Markhamstown, and part of the demesne of Woodroofe, — the last the well-wooded property of William Perry, Esq. The chief antiquities are the ruins of an old church and two castles. —This parish is a vicarage, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Lismore. Vicarial tithe composition, £110 6s.; glebe, £23 16s. Gross income, _134 2s.; nett, £79 12s 11d. Patron, the dio_san. the rectorial tithes are compounded for _120, and are appropriated to the chancellorship of Lismore cathedral. The church was built in 1814, by means of a donation of £230 15s, 4_d. from Mr. Perry of Woodroofe, and a loan of £369 4s. 7_d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 70; attendance, from 20 to 30. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 25, and the Roman Catholics to 1,342; and 2 daily schools - one of which was aided with a £5 a-year and other advantages from the vicar— had an average attendance of about 94 children. source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland (1844) Christina http://www.rootsweb.com/~irltip2/index.htm