MULLINAHONE, a town, in the parish of KILVEMNON,
barony of SLIEVARDAGH, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of MUNSTER, 4¾ miles (S. S. W.) from
Callan, on the road to Fethard; containing about 210
houses and 1175 inhabitants. It derives considerable
traffic from its situation on a public thoroughfare, and
is the resting-place for the carmen in their journey from
Carrick-on-Suir to the colliery district around Ballingarry.
A market for butter of excellent quality is held
on Thursday, and great quantities are purchased by the
Carrick, Kilkenny, and Clonmel merchants. Fairs are
also held on the 1st of May and the first Thursday in
December, for stock of all kinds, and are remarkably
well attended; great numbers of pigs are sold. A constabulary
police force is stationed in the town, in which
are also a R. C. chapel and a dispensary. There are
some remains of an ancient building, supposed to have
been a monastery.