Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris Explained

Settlement Type:Roman Catholic parish
Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:52.63°N -7.75°W
Blank Name Sec1:Irish Grid Reference
Unit Pref:Metric
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Tipperary

Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris (also known as Moycarkey and Borris[1] or Moycarkey[2]) is an ecclesiastical parish in the Cashel deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.[3] There are three churches in the parish:[4]

Relationship to civil parishes

The Catholic parish of Moycarkey contains some or all of the lands of several civil parishes, including Moycarky, Ballymoreen and, it would appear,[6] Fertiana and Galbooly, as well, possibly, parts of some civil parishes in South Tipperary.[7]

Sports clubs

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

Notes and References

  1. http://homepage.eircom.net/~cashelemly/parishes.htm#Parishes Parishes in Cashel and Emly
  2. http://homepage.eircom.net/~cashelemly/mapdean.htm A Map of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
  3. http://www.catholicireland.net/mass-times?task=parishbydiocese&DiocID=3 Parishes in Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
  4. http://www.catholicireland.net/mass-times?task=churchbyparish&ParishID=857 Mass Times: Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris
  5. http://www.cashel-emly.ie/our-diocese/parishes/l-u/moycarkey-littletown-two-mile-borris/ Cahel and Emly Archdiocese -
  6. See this map, which compares the boundaries of Moycarkey-Borris and Thurles parishes (as shown in this map of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly) with the boundaries of the civil parishes in the area
  7. Notice how, in this map, the south-western part of the Catholic parish seems to cross into South Tipperary.