KILGRANT, or POWERSTOWN, a parish, in the
barony of IFFA and OFFA-EAST, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of MUNSTER, 1¾ mile (E. N. E.) from
Clonmel, on the high road from that place to Waterford,
and the mail coach road from Cork to Dublin;
containing 1186 inhabitants. It comprises 1749 acres,
and is watered by the rivers Anner and Suir, over the
latter of which is a stone bridge built at the expense of
the late Sir Thomas Osborne, Bart.; and near the junction
of the rivers are the extensive flour-mills and
residence of Barclay Clibborn, Esq. The other seats
are Annerville, the residence of - Riall, Esq.; Wilderness,
of - Green, Esq.; and Redmonstone House, of
- Quinn, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore,
forming part of the union of Kilcash, or Killaloon;
the rectory is impropriate in John Bagwell, Esq., and
the tithes amount to £193. 16. 10., of which £129.4.6.
is payable to the impropriator., and the remainder to
the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a
union or district, comprising this parish and those of
Donoughmore, Lisronagh, and Kilcash, and has one
chapel at Gammonsfield and another in Kilcash.