KILSHANE, a parish, in the barony of CLANWILLIAM,
county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER;
containing, with the ecclesiastical parish of Corroge,
and part of the town of Tipperary, 1050 inhabitants.
It comprises 1544 statute acres, and contains
limestone and brownstone, the latter of which is of good
quality for building. Here is a small flour-mill. The
principal seats are Spring House, the residence of
J. Low, Esq.; and Kilshane Cottage, of Capt. Blackmore.
It is a rectory, in the diocese of Emly, entirely impropriate
in the representatives of W. Moore, Esq.: the
tithes amount to £66 per annum. Here are the ruins
of the old church and of a castle, also several Danish
raths. A well, called Lady's well, is much resorted
to by the peasantry; and there are some chalybeate
springs.