GRANGE, or GRANSHAW, a parish, in the Glenquin
Division of the barony of UPPER-Connello,
county of Limerick, and province of Munster, 2 miles
(N. E.) from Newcastle, on the road to Ballingarry;
containing 721 inhabitants. This parish comprises 2828
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The
land is very good, and much of it is under an excellent
system of tillage; the remainder is rich meadow and
pasture, principally in large dairy farms. The river
Deel, over which there is a curious old bridge, passes
through the parish, the entire of which was formerly the
property of the Courtenay family, but the greater part
was sold during the life of the late Earl of Devon. The
seats are Knockaderry, the residence of J. D. Evans,
Esq.; Chesterfield, of Major Sullivan; and Dromin
House, of Nicholas Meade, Esq. It is a rectory, in the
gift of the Earl of Devon: the tithes amount to £180,
and there is a glebe of five acres. In the R. C. divisions
it forms part of the union or district of Knockaderry.
The ruins of the old church are beautifully
situated on the river Deel.