Knockroe is a
townland containing a little over 363 acres in
Moycarky
Moycarky or Moycarkey is a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty. Partly bounded by the River Suir, it has an area of 3554 statute acres and contains sixteen townlands:
*Ash Hill ...
civil parish and in the ecclesiastical parish of
Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris
Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris (also known as Moycarkey and Borris or Moycarkey) is an ecclesiastical parish in the Cashel deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. There are three churches in the parish:
* St Peter' ...
, in
County Tipperary,
Ireland.
Its
population at the time of the 1891
census was 65; in 1901 it was 54; and, in 1911, it was 44, of whom 28 were male and 16 female.
This townland is probably the Knockroe mentioned in references to a monster meeting held by Daniel O'Connell in September 1845, on which occasion he stayed in
Turtulla House.
[Patrick Ryan]
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan His Life and Times: Ireland - St. Louis - Philadelphia 1831-1911
(2010), page 57.
Knockroe Passage Tomb
Knockroe Passage Tomb is a prehistoric site, of the Neolithic period, in the townland of Knockroe in County Kilkenny, Ireland, about 10 km north of Carrick-on-Suir. It is known locally as "The Caiseal".
It is National Monument no. 655, managed ...
, a prehistoric site, is in the townland.
References
External links
{{coord missing, County Tipperary
Townlands of County Tipperary
Eliogarty