Thurles (civil parish)

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Location of Thurles in the civil parishes of North Tipperary ThurlesCivilParish.jpg
Location of Thurles in the civil parishes of North Tipperary
Map of the townlands in the parish ImprovedTownlandsWithLegendInThurlesCivilParish.jpg
Map of the townlands in the parish

Thurles is a civil parish in the barony of Eliogarty in County Tipperary.

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Church of Ireland parish

Like all civil parishes in Ireland, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with, a pre-existing parish of the Church of Ireland.

Townlands

The parish is divided into 46 townlands, [1] one of which, Thurles Townparks, contains the historical core of the town of Thurles. These townlands are as follows:

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References

  1. Thurles Civil Parish. However, the map on this web page is a little inaccurate, because it shows the wrong townland of Turtulla as belonging to the parish - there are actually two neighbouring townlands of this name, one in Thurles civil parish and one which belongs to Fertiana civil parish.