RATHKENAN, a parish, in the barony of KILNEMANAGH,
county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, 4½ miles (S. W.) from Thurles; containing
235 inhabitants. It is a perpetual cure, in the diocese
of Cashel, annexed to that of Holy Cross, and in the
patronage of the Archbishop: the rectory is impropriate
in Carew Hamilton, Esq. The tithes amount
to £43. 12. 1.