Ballylooby
Encyclopedia
Ballylooby is a village
in the barony
of Iffa and Offa West
, South Tipperary
in Ireland
. It is also a parish
in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
.
regional road
between Cahir
and Clogheen
, approximately half way between both towns. The village links two townlands, Knockannapisha (NE) and Knockane (Puttoge) (SW), the boundary between them being the Thonnoge River.
According to Power
's history, 'Place-names of Decies', this modern parish includes the ancient parishes of Whitechurch, Tubrid, and Tullaghorton (Castlegrace) with a section that was once the western portion of Rochestown It extends from the summit of the Galtees
in the north, to the summit of the Knockmealdown
range in the south. The parish has two churches, at Ballylooby village and Duhill respectively. The Catholic church
is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and St.
Kieran. Mass
is also celebrated at the recently renovated church at Duhill
The first church built in the village of Ballylooby ran East- West, on the site of the present structure. Its orientation was at right angles to the current building, constructed in 1813 by Rev. John Burke. The site of the old church was too small for the growing congregation, and so an extra twenty-six perches
were bought from Patrick Burke. The land deal did not go smoothly and the latter erected a wall within the church and sought writs for trespass
against those who crossed it. The heated disagreement lasted for several years but was eventually settled, and the wall removed in due course.
St. Kieran's was remodelled (all but rebuilt), in 1929 by the parish priest M. Walsh. It was funded by local subscription, and many of the pew
s and stained glass windows
bear the names of local families that sponsored them.
Schools
The present Parish Hall, adjacent to the church and bridge was once the village school, or more correctly schools. Both the boys and girls classes, though operating under one roof, were administered separately.
R.I.C Barracks
The Royal Irish Constabulary
operated a barracks
in the village for many years. It was sold to the local school-master, Michael Keating, by District Inspector Gilbert Potter
in 1919 and so avoided damage by the Third Tipperary Brigade, during the Irish War of Independence
., In December 1920, the barracks fleetingly became the focus of international attention when Daniel Francis Crowley and John Tangney, both ex-R.I.C Constables formerly stationed there, testified before the American Commission on Conditions in Ireland. They dramatically gave their reasons for quitting the force as the "brutality and lawlessness" of the contemporary administration, particularly the Black and Tans
, as witnessed by them on their transfer from Ballylooby to Clogheen
Barracks.
Duhill church, the building of which
was commenced in 1829 and completed in 1830, is dedicated to
St. John the Baptist (Decollation). It was renovated at a cost of £1 000 in 1929.
The Parochial Registers begin with the year 1828.
Duhill church features two excellent examples of Harry Clarke
's artistic achievements with stained glass
. Created in 1925, they are located in the sanctuary, to the left and right of the altar, and depict Salome
'presenting' the head of John the Baptist
to Herod and the Lourdes apparition
.The Holy Family is a window executed by noted artist Hubert McGoldrick, and was also commissioned in 1925.
The mortuary chapel at Tubrid
is the burial place of Seathrún Céitinn (Geoffrey Keating
), a 17th century Counter-Reformation
priest of the parish and Gaelic historian of national repute.
It is located just over 5 kilometres from Ballylooby.
Club.http://ballylooby-castlegrace.tipperary.gaa.ie/
Thomas Ryan
, a native of the area, represented County Tipperary at the ill-fated match against Dublin on Bloody Sunday (1920)
.
In the centre of the village, there is a memorial to Ned Tobin, who achieved national fame as a track and field athlete, particularly in throwing the 56 pound weight "without follow". It is listed as S290, one of several protected structures in Ballylooby.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the barony
Barony (Ireland)
In Ireland, a barony is a historical subdivision of a county. They were created, like the counties, in the centuries after the Norman invasion, and were analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. In early use they were also called cantreds...
of Iffa and Offa West
Iffa and Offa West
Iffa and Offa West is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Cahir...
, South Tipperary
South Tipperary
South Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 52% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...
in Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. It is also a parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The diocese is in the secular province of the same name - Munster...
.
Location
Ballylooby is on the R668R668 road
The R668 road is a regional road in Ireland. The route runs from Lismore to Cahir. The R668 was once a key part of the historic route from Cashel to Cork , and was mapped as such as late as 1778...
regional road
Regional road
A regional road in Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route , but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network. There are over 11,600 kilometres of regional roads. Regional roads are numbered with three digit route numbers, prefixed by "R" A regional road in Ireland is a...
between Cahir
Cahir
Cahir is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. The town is best known for its castle and the Swiss Cottage. It is in the barony of Iffa and Offa West.-Location and access:...
and Clogheen
Clogheen, County Tipperary
Clogheen is a village in South Tipperary, Ireland. The latest census of 2006 recorded the population of Clogheen at 509.-Location:It lies in the Galtee-Vee Valley with the Galtee Mountains to the north and the Knockmealdowns in close proximity to the south. The River Tar which is a tributary of...
, approximately half way between both towns. The village links two townlands, Knockannapisha (NE) and Knockane (Puttoge) (SW), the boundary between them being the Thonnoge River.
Parish
Catholic Parish of Ballylooby and TubridAccording to Power
Patrick C. Power
Partick C. Power , was a noted historian of the Catholic Church in Ireland. He was born in Callaghane, Co. Waterford and educated at the Catholic University School and St John’s College, Waterford....
's history, 'Place-names of Decies', this modern parish includes the ancient parishes of Whitechurch, Tubrid, and Tullaghorton (Castlegrace) with a section that was once the western portion of Rochestown It extends from the summit of the Galtees
Galtee Mountains
The Galtee Mountains or Galty Mountains are a mountain range in Munster, located in Ireland's Golden Vale across parts of counties Limerick, South Tipperary and Cork. The name "Galtee" is thought to be a corruption of the Irish "Sléibhte na gCoillte" - "Mountains of the Forests" in English,...
in the north, to the summit of the Knockmealdown
Knockmealdown Mountains
The Knockmealdown Mountains are a mountain range located on the border of counties South Tipperary and Waterford in Ireland, running east and west between the two counties. The highest peak of the range is Knockmealdown, situated in County Waterford...
range in the south. The parish has two churches, at Ballylooby village and Duhill respectively. The Catholic church
Church architecture
Church architecture refers to the architecture of buildings of Christian churches. It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion, partly by innovation and partly by imitating other architectural styles as well as responding to changing beliefs, practices and local traditions...
is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and St.
Kieran. Mass
Mass (liturgy)
"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
is also celebrated at the recently renovated church at Duhill
The Village
ChurchThe first church built in the village of Ballylooby ran East- West, on the site of the present structure. Its orientation was at right angles to the current building, constructed in 1813 by Rev. John Burke. The site of the old church was too small for the growing congregation, and so an extra twenty-six perches
Perch (unit of measure)
A perch is as a unit of measurement used for length, area, and volume in a number of systems of measurement. Its name derives from the Ancient Roman unit, the pertica.-Origin:...
were bought from Patrick Burke. The land deal did not go smoothly and the latter erected a wall within the church and sought writs for trespass
Trespass
Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.Trespass to the person, historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, wounding, mayhem, and maiming...
against those who crossed it. The heated disagreement lasted for several years but was eventually settled, and the wall removed in due course.
St. Kieran's was remodelled (all but rebuilt), in 1929 by the parish priest M. Walsh. It was funded by local subscription, and many of the pew
Pew
A pew is a long bench seat or enclosed box used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church, or sometimes in a courtroom.-Overview:Churches were not commonly furnished with permanent pews before the Protestant Reformation...
s and stained glass windows
Stained glass
The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...
bear the names of local families that sponsored them.
Schools
The present Parish Hall, adjacent to the church and bridge was once the village school, or more correctly schools. Both the boys and girls classes, though operating under one roof, were administered separately.
R.I.C Barracks
The Royal Irish Constabulary
Royal Irish Constabulary
The armed Royal Irish Constabulary was Ireland's major police force for most of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. A separate civic police force, the unarmed Dublin Metropolitan Police controlled the capital, and the cities of Derry and Belfast, originally with their own police...
operated a barracks
Barracks
Barracks are specialised buildings for permanent military accommodation; the word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes. Their main object is to separate soldiers from the civilian population and reinforce discipline, training and esprit de corps. They were sometimes called...
in the village for many years. It was sold to the local school-master, Michael Keating, by District Inspector Gilbert Potter
Gilbert Potter
Gilbert Norman Potter, , was a District Inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary. He was born in Dromahair, County Leitrim and was stationed at Cahir, County Tipperary, during the Irish War of Independence...
in 1919 and so avoided damage by the Third Tipperary Brigade, during the Irish War of Independence
Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence , Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army against the British government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919, following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence. Both sides agreed...
., In December 1920, the barracks fleetingly became the focus of international attention when Daniel Francis Crowley and John Tangney, both ex-R.I.C Constables formerly stationed there, testified before the American Commission on Conditions in Ireland. They dramatically gave their reasons for quitting the force as the "brutality and lawlessness" of the contemporary administration, particularly the Black and Tans
Black and Tans
The Black and Tans was one of two newly recruited bodies, composed largely of British World War I veterans, employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary as Temporary Constables from 1920 to 1921 to suppress revolution in Ireland...
, as witnessed by them on their transfer from Ballylooby to Clogheen
Clogheen, County Tipperary
Clogheen is a village in South Tipperary, Ireland. The latest census of 2006 recorded the population of Clogheen at 509.-Location:It lies in the Galtee-Vee Valley with the Galtee Mountains to the north and the Knockmealdowns in close proximity to the south. The River Tar which is a tributary of...
Barracks.
Places of local interest
Duhill ChurchDuhill church, the building of which
was commenced in 1829 and completed in 1830, is dedicated to
St. John the Baptist (Decollation). It was renovated at a cost of £1 000 in 1929.
The Parochial Registers begin with the year 1828.
Duhill church features two excellent examples of Harry Clarke
Harry Clarke
Harry Clarke was an Irish stained glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement.- History :...
's artistic achievements with stained glass
Stained glass
The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...
. Created in 1925, they are located in the sanctuary, to the left and right of the altar, and depict Salome
Salome
Salome , the Daughter of Herodias , is known from the New Testament...
'presenting' the head of John the Baptist
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
to Herod and the Lourdes apparition
Lourdes apparitions
The Marian Apparitions at Lourdes were reported in 1858 by Saint Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old miller's daughter from the town of Lourdes in southern France. From February 11 to July 16, 1858, she reported 18 apparitions of "a Lady"...
.The Holy Family is a window executed by noted artist Hubert McGoldrick, and was also commissioned in 1925.
The mortuary chapel at Tubrid
Tubrid
Tubrid or Tubbrid was formerly a civil and ecclesiastical parish situated between the towns of Cahir and Clogheen in County Tipperary, Ireland...
is the burial place of Seathrún Céitinn (Geoffrey Keating
Geoffrey Keating
Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian. He was born in County Tipperary c. 1569, and died c. 1644...
), a 17th century Counter-Reformation
Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation was the period of Catholic revival beginning with the Council of Trent and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648 as a response to the Protestant Reformation.The Counter-Reformation was a comprehensive effort, composed of four major elements:#Ecclesiastical or...
priest of the parish and Gaelic historian of national repute.
It is located just over 5 kilometres from Ballylooby.
Sport
Ballylooby is of local notability primarily for the Ballylooby-Castlegrace Gaelic Athletic AssociationGaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
Club.http://ballylooby-castlegrace.tipperary.gaa.ie/
Thomas Ryan
Thomas Ryan (Irish Army Officer)
Thomas Ryan , was born in Tubrid, County Tipperary, and fought during the Irish War of Independence attached to the 6th Battalion, , Third Tipperary Brigade, I.R.A.....
, a native of the area, represented County Tipperary at the ill-fated match against Dublin on Bloody Sunday (1920)
Bloody Sunday (1920)
Bloody Sunday was a day of violence in Dublin on 21 November 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. In total, 31 people were killed – fourteen British, fourteen Irish civilians and three republican prisoners....
.
In the centre of the village, there is a memorial to Ned Tobin, who achieved national fame as a track and field athlete, particularly in throwing the 56 pound weight "without follow". It is listed as S290, one of several protected structures in Ballylooby.
Notable people
- Michael TierneyMichael Tierney (bishop)Michael Tierney was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut from 1894 until his death in 1908.-Biography:...
(1839-1908), sixth Bishop of Hartford, ConnecticutHartford, ConnecticutHartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
, was born here.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland