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Moycarky is a Houses in Moycarky (Moycarry, Tipperary)
note that the name of the district electoral division, which should be Moycarky, is misspelled as Moycarry in this web-page
Moycarky is a 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 orig ...
in the civil parish of the same name 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
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 t ...
, Ireland.
The townland is shaped like an elongated diamond whose main axis is oriented roughly north-south; it contains just over 518 acres. The hamlet of Moycarkey is located near the northern apex of the townland.
The minor country road which serves as the communication spine for the townland runs roughly north-north-westwards from the old main Cork-Dublin road, which cross the townland near its southern apex.
Maxfort House, the main house in the townland, lies to the west of this minor country road.
In 1814, the house was the home of John Max and, in 1837, the home of William Max. It was held from Viscount Hawarden
Viscount Hawarden is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.
Creation
It was created in 1793 for Sir Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Baronet, who had earlier represented the borough of Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons. He had succeeded his older bro ...
and valued at £15 and 18 shillings.
At the time of the 1911 census, there were 19 households in the townland.note that the name of the district electoral division, which should be Moycarky, is misspelled as Moycarry in this web-page
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