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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Rathkennan like this:
RATHKENAN, a parish, in the barony of KILNEMANAGH, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 4 ½ miles (S. W.) from Thurles; containing 235 inhabitants. It is a perpetual cure, in the diocese of Cashel, annexed to that of Holy Cross, and in the patronage of the Archbishop: the rectory is impropriate in Carew Hamilton, Esq. The tithes amount to £43. 12. 1.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rathkennan, in and County Tipperary | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27409
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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