[7][16][17][18] He wrote that BALLYSHEEHAN, a parish, in the barony of MIDDLETHIRD, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles (N.) from Cashel; containing 3034 inhabitants.

It is situated on the mail coach road from Dublin, by way of Cashel, to Cork, and comprises 8678 statute acres, of which 3657 are applotted under the tithe act and valued at £7118 per annum.

Ballytarsney Castle, a lofty square tower, is said to have been built by a person named Hacket, who, according to tradition, was hanged by one of Cromwell's generals, who had gained possession of it by treachery.What Lewis writes is further confirmed by Ambrose Leet's 1814 book, A Directory to the Market Towns in Ireland, which lists the parish within Tipperary County, with the "post town" as Tipperary.

Some books show Ballysheehan as sitting within the diocese of Cashel, with a public school in the area, focus on religious matters, burials, testimonies in trials, and much more.

[33][34] Not included in the collection are re-creations of that which was destroyed during the 1922 fire at the Public Record Office of Ireland: "2 volumes of Ballysheehan parish registers, comprisng [sic] baptisms 1837-76 and burials 1839-74.