In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Sheffin like this:
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. 9 ½. of which £89. 14. 6 ½. 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.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sheffin, in and County Kilkenny | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/30371
Date accessed: 27th September 2024
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