Irish parishes are generally subdivided into townlands which, in rural areas, may be home to anything from one to thirty families. This particular townland lies in the south-eastern corner of County Tipperary and my intention is to trace its history and the lives of its inhabitants, while paying special attention to my forebears, who lived in Cranna.

Andrew Griffiths: The author, who lives near Darmstadt in Germany, has been researching his Irish ancestors and their social and historical environment intensively for many years.