TECOLME, a parish, in the barony of BALLYADAMS,
QUEEN'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 5 miles
(S. W.) from Athy, on. the road from Stradbally to Carlow;
containing 228 inhabitants. It is in the diocese
of Leighlin; the rectory is impropriate in the representatives
of Thos. Fitzgerald, Esq.; the vicarage forms the
corps of the prebend of Tecolme, in the patronage of the
Bishop. The tithes amount to £100.7.8¾., of which
£66.18.6. is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder
to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part
of the union or district of Ballyadams.