CAPPAGHWHITE, a village, in the parish of TooM,
barony of KILNEMANAGH, county of TIPPERARY, and
province of MUNSTER, 6½ miles (N.) from Tipperary;
containing 695 inhabitants. This place, which has been
much improved within the last forty years, and contains
115 houses, is situated on the new line of road from
Tipperary to Nenagh, to the former of which it has a
penny post.It isa constabulary policestation; fairs
are held on June 4th, July 27th, Sept. 29th, Nov. 16th,
and Dec. 21st; and there are a R. C.chapel and a
dispensary.Cappagh House is the residence of Mrs.
Fitzmaurice Hunt.Five hundred acresof land near
the village were, about seven years since, leased by Col.
Purefoy to the Mining Company of Ireland, who after
incurring some expense in searching for copper, relinquished
the enterprise.