KILKEASY, a parish, in the barony of KNOCKTOPHER,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER,
2¾ miles (S.) from Knocktopher, on the road from
Thomastown to Waterford; containing 612 inhabitants,
and 5292 statute acres. It is a rectory and vicarage, in
the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of
Knocktopher: the tithes amount to £185. In the R. C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of Ballyhale.
About 70 children are educated iu a private
school, and there is also a Sunday school.