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Tullomoy Civil Parish, County Laois, Ireland
TULLOWMOY,
A parish, partly in the barony of Ballyadams and partly in
that of Stradbally, Queen's county,
and province of Leinster, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Stradbally,
on the road to Castlecomer (Co. Kilkenny); containing 1527
inhabitants and comprising 5913 statute acres as applotted under the
tithe act.
The living is a rectory, in the Diocese of Leighlin and in the patronage of the Bishop; the tithes amount to £300.
In the Roman Catholic divisions it forms part of the union or district of Ballyadams, and has a neat chapel.
About 30 children are educated in a national school.
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