GEALE, or GAILE, a parish, in the barony of MIDDLETHIRD,
county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Thurles, on the
road to Cashel; containing 707 inhabitants. It com
prises 2494 statute acres, valued at £1757 per annum,
which is all arable and pasture with the exception of
about 30 acres of rock on Killough Hill, which, being
surroxmded by a flat country, is a very conspicuous
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object. Near it is Killough Castle, the occasional residence
of the Hon. Mrs. Plunkett; and the south-west
side of the hill, which is planted, forms part of the demesne
of Gaile, the residence of S. Phillips, Esq. The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Cashel, and in
the patronage of the Archbishop; the tithes amount
to £185. There is no church, glebe-house, or glebe;
the Protestant parishioners attend divine service at the
church of Holy Cross, about three miles distant. On
the demesne of Gaile are some remains of the old
church.