SHEFFIN, a parish, in the barony of GALMOY,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER; containing
798 inhabitants, and comprising 2452 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£2302 per annum. It is in the diocese of Ossory;
the rectory is appropriate to the Dean and Chapter of the
cathedral of Kilkenny, and the vicarage forms part of
the union of Freshford, and corps of the prebend of
Aghoure. The tithes amount to £134. 11. 9½. of which
£S9. 14. 6½. is payable to the lessee of the appropriators
and the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions
it is part of the union or district of Lisdowney.
About 100 children are educated in two private
schools.