Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris

Roman Catholic parish in Munster, Ireland
52°38′N 7°45′W / 52.63°N 7.75°W / 52.63; -7.75CountryIrelandProvinceMunsterCountyCounty Tipperary

Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris (also known as Moycarkey and Borris[1] or Moycarkey[2]) is an ecclesiastical parish in the Cashel deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.[3] There are three churches in the parish:[4]

  • St Peter's, Moycarkey (where the parochial house is located)
  • St James's, Two-Mile-Borris
  • Our Lady and St Kevin,[5] Littleton (which also serves the village of Horse and Jockey)

Relationship to civil parishes

The Catholic parish of Moycarkey contains some or all of the lands of several civil parishes, including Moycarky, Ballymoreen and, it would appear,[6] Fertiana and Galbooly, as well, possibly, parts of some civil parishes in South Tipperary.[7]

Sports clubs

Sports clubs in the parish include Moycarkey-Borris GAA club.

References

  1. ^ Parishes in Cashel and Emly
  2. ^ A Map of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
  3. ^ Parishes in Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
  4. ^ Mass Times: Moycarkey, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris
  5. ^ Cahel and Emly Archdiocese - Our Lady and St Kevin
  6. ^ See this map, which compares the boundaries of Moycarkey-Borris and Thurles parishes (as shown in this map of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly) with the boundaries of the civil parishes in the area
  7. ^ Notice how, in this map, the south-western part of the Catholic parish seems to cross into South Tipperary.