Athnid (Irish Áth Nid, "ford of the nest"[1]), some times written Adnith, or Athnett, is a civil parish in the barony of Eliogarty in County Tipperary.
Writing in 1837, Lewis said that the parish had 253 inhabitants.
[citation needed] The lands of Athnid parish were owned by the Cistercian Abbey of Woney in County Limerick.
[3] The lands of the parish were mentioned in rent returns for 1303.
[4] Lewis said that the vicarage of Athnid was "partly united, by act of council, in 1682" to the living of the Church of Ireland parish of Thurles.