Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris (also known as Moycarkey and Borris or Moycarkey) is an

ecclesiastical parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

in the Cashel

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of ...

of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in mid-western Ireland, and the metropolis of the eponymous ecclesiastical province. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Assump ...

. There are three churches in the parish: * St Peter's, Moycarkey (where the parochial house is located) * St James's,

Two-Mile-Borris Two-Mile Borris (also written Twomileborris or Two Mile Borris; and locally Borris or TMB) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the L4202 road at the junction with the Ballyduff Road, close to the N75 and fr ...

* Our Lady and St Kevin, Littleton (which also serves the village of

Horse and Jockey Horse and Jockey () is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies on the R639 road, where it meets the N62 road to Thurles. It lies just off junction 6 of the M8 motorway, which by-passed the village in December 2008. It is in the pari ...

)

Relationship to civil parishes

The Catholic parish of Moycarkey contains some or all of the lands of several

civil parishes In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishe ...

, including

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 ...

Ballymoreen Ballymurreen (), also written Ballymoreen, is a civil parish and an electoral division in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty. As a Church of Ireland parish, it was in the diocese of Cashel ...

and, it would appear,

Fertiana Fertiana is a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is part of the historical barony of Eliogarty. It has 3,397 statute acres divided into seven townlands: * Turtulla * Cabragh * Cloghmartin * Clohoge * Fertiana *Galbertstown Lower * ...

and

Galbooly Galbooly (), also Boly or Galvoly, is a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty. It has area of 1268 acres, divided into six townlands: * Galbooly * Galbooly Little * Shanacloon * Coo ...

, as well, possibly, parts of some civil parishes in

South Tipperary South Tipperary () was a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster. It was named after the town of Tipperary (town), Tipperary and consisted of 52% of the land area of the tradit ...

.Notice how, i
this map
the south-western part of the Catholic parish seems to cross into South Tipperary.

Sports clubs

Sports clubs in the parish include Moycarkey-Borris GAA club.

References

{{reflist Parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly