DORRAH, or DURROW, a parish, in the barony
of LOWER-ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province
of MUNSTER, 3 miles (w.) from Parsonstown, on
the roads leading respectively from Portumna to Par
sonstown and from Nenagh to Banagher; containing
3397 inhabitants. It is situated near the river Shannon,
and is bounded on the north by the Brosna, comprising
10,829 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act: about 3000 acres are bog, principally lying
along the Shannon and the Brosna, and consequently
Capable of drainage from the fall of the land towards
those rivers; and of the remainder the greatest portion
is under tillage; a tract of about 200 acres of
meadow, called the Inches, is of remarkably fine quality,
and the parish generally is in a good state of cultivation.
There is a quarry of good limestone, which is
burnt for manure. The principal seats are Walsh Park,
that of J. W. Walsh, Esq.; Sraduff, of T. Antisell,
Esq.; Newgrove, of J. W. Bayly, Esq.; Rockview, of
J. Lewis Corrigan, Esq.; Gurteeu, of J. Lalor, Esq.;
Arbour Hill, of J. Antisell, Esq.; Ross House, of R.
Smith, Esq.; Clongowna, of the Rev. Mr. Troke; Ballyduff,
of B. Walker, Esq.; and Redwood, the property
of Major Bloomfield. There is a flour-mill at
Derrinsallagh. The parish is in the diocese of Killaloe,
and is a rectory and vicarage, forming part of the union
of Lorrha and corps of the archdeaconry of Killaloe:
the tithes amount to £415. 7. 8¼. It formerly consisted
of three parishes, Bonahane, Pallas, and Ross, the remains
of the churches of which are still visible, and
the two former had glebes. At Ross there was a very
extensive burial-ground, which has not been used as
such within the memory of man. The church is a neat
modern edifice, completed in 1832, for which a grant of
£900 was made by the late Board of First Fruits: the
old church has been occupied as a dwelling-house from
time immemorial. In the R. C. divisions also the parish
forms part of the union or district of Lorrha, called also
Dorrha; the chapel, on the townland of Gurteen, has
been lately fitted up in a neat manner. In the demesne
of Walsh Park is a school-house built by the proprietor,
who supports the school; and there is a school at
Gurteen in connection with the National Board. At
Redwood are the ruins of an old castle, and there are
some remains of the ancient parish church.