- TEMPLEPETER, a parish, in the barony of
FORTH, county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER
- From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
(1837) by Samuel Lewis
TEMPLEPETER, a parish, in the barony
of FORTH, county of CARLOW, and province of
LEINSTER, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlow, on the
road to Fennagh, and on the river Burren; containing
349 inhabitants. Granite is plentiful, and the state
of agriculture is improving. The living is a
rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the
patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to 64.
10. The Protestant inhabitants attend divine service
in the parish church of Dunleckney. In the R. C.
divisions it is part of the union or district of
Dunleckney. There is a private school, in which
about 100 children are instructed. The ruins of the
old church remain.
Source: LibraryIreland.com
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TEMPLEPETER
In the townland of Teampall Peadar,
Templepeter, the ruins of a very ancient church are
recorded: an extensive and much used burial ground
was also noted in the Ordnance Survey books. A good
part of the western gable of the old church and
portion of the south wall then remained (1839). All
architectural features were destroyed. The townland
of Templepeter is included in the civil parish of
Gilbertstown. In 1605 in the reign of King James I
of England a grant was made by that monarch of
portion of the lands of Baile Gilbert to Sir Oliver
Lambert. These lands, the hereditary patrimony of
the ancient chiefs of Fothart, belonged to
Toirealach Bal-lach Ua Nuallain, who was 'attainted
of felony' as the official phrase runs: Thomas
Butler, tenth Earl of Ormonde, was allotted another
share of the spoils of the Ua Nuallain possessions
in this parish, and in addition lands in Rath Tua
and Ballon. During his whole reign this notorious
sovereign, James I, 1603-25, was engaged in
parcelling out the ancient inheritance of the Irish
people, the land of Ireland, to the hordes of hungry
Scotch and English vultures who flocked to Ireland
in his reign. The eagles took wing for the Spanish
main: the vultures settled down in Ireland. An
Inquisition of 1690 finds that Francis Eustace,
together with Oliver Eustace, his son and Heir, was
in rebellion against the King and Queen (William III
and Mary) and after the battle of the Boyne, had
retired with Richard Talbot, duke of Tir Connaill,
and divers other 'traitors and malefactors' beyond
the Shannon, and had continued in actual war and
rebellion. The aforesaid Francis was seized in his
own right of the towns and lands of several
townlands in the baronies of Fothart and Idrone. The
Abhainn Boireann rises in Mount Leinster, and flows
in a winding, serpentine course through the county;
it bounds the parish of CiU Osnadh along the N.E.
side, and falls into the Bearbha at the town of
Carlow. In former times the Boireann after heavy
rains overflowed its banks, and deposited a rich
layer of alluvial soil on the low-lying lands in the
vicinity, thus enriching the pastures. The river
Boireann was famous for its excellent trout: the
gentry of the county round and from distant parts
resorted to this river in the fishing season.
