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A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
(1837), page 623
Athnid (Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
''Áth Nid'', "ford of the nest"), some times written Adnith, or Athnett, is a civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the barony of Eliogarty
Eliogarty (Irish: ''Éile Uí Fhógarta'') is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Thurles. The barony lies between Ikerrin to the north (whose chief to ...
in County Tipperary
County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...
. It is divided into two townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...
s: Athnid More (containing a little more than 638 acres)) and Athnid Beg (containing a little more than 216 acres).
Writing in 1837, Lewis said that the parish had 253 inhabitants.
Church of Ireland parish
Like all civil parishes, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with a pre-existingChurch of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...
parish of the same name.
The lands of Athnid parish were owned by the Cistercian Abbey of Woney
The Cistercian Abbey of Woney (Irish, ''Mainistir Uaithne''), also written Wotheny or Owney, on the banks of the Mulkear River in Abington, County Limerick, was founded in 1205 when Theobald Walter (le Botiller) granted the whole "theodum" (be ...
in County Limerick. The lands of the parish were mentioned in rent returns for 1303.
Lewis said that the vicarage of Athnid was "partly united, by act of council, in 1682" to the living of the Church of Ireland parish of Thurles.Samuel LewisA Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
(1837), page 623
See also
*List of civil parishes of Tipperary
Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Sur ...
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