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Stephens was known as The Spittle or Lazars house. In 1640 it consisted of a 20 acres of land and meadow, it was worth 10 pounds per anum. Rev Burke describes St Stephens in 1640 as being situated about a quarter of a mile westwards from Clonmel wholly destroyed only some part of the wall standing (1).
In Sean O’Donnell’s book ‘Clonmel 1840-1900, Anatomy of an Irish Town’ St Stephen’s church is shown as a ruin in the 1832 map. O’Donnell notes public health was being impacted by water and sewage being affected by the quality of Clonmel town burial grounds.
(1) History of Clonmel, Rev William P Burke, pg 244.
