Standing adjacent to the old main Dublin to Cork road stands the remains of Ballymoreen Church, and though its origin is uncertain it does date to at least the 13^th century. It was recorded in papal taxation documents in 1291 as Villa Almarici and Villa Amori in 1302. The church is again recorded in 1437 as Villa Murrin. The building was in use right up until The Reformation in the mid-16^th century. It is known that post Reformation it was used by the local protestant community until 1786 when a new place of worship for them was built in nearby Littleton. The name of the church changed three more times over the time period between the early 17^th and early 18^th century, from Villae Amorrin in 1615, to Ballyomurryn in 1654 and finally Ballymurreen in 1704. Extensive work has been done to record the various memorials in the graveyard that surrounds the extensively dilapidated church by the Tipperary Local Studies Group. The earliest legible grave seems to date from 1727 of a John Russell of Ballydavid. One of the more interesting burials is that of Richard Mulcahy, Chief of Staff of the IRA during the War of Independence and up until 1922. Mulcahy also fought in one of the operations outside of Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising in an attack on the RIC at Ashbourne in County Meath. Mulcahy was pro the Anglo Irish Treaty and after the death of Michael Collins was the Commander in Chief of the Provisional Governments Forces during the Civil War. Mulcahy was notorious in his opinion and support for the execution of those who rejected the treaty and continued to fight. His wife Mary Josephine Mulcahy (Nee Ryan) a member of Cumann na mBan is buried beside him. A Col Jerry Ryan is buried nearby, 1^st Battalion 2^nd Tipperary Brigade of the Old IRA and Vice O.C. Southern Command, alongside his wife Bridie (nee Fitzpatrick) who was a member of Cumann na mBan who was an executive and courier for Richard Mulcahy and Michael Collins. Though the church is quite ruinous it is commendable the extent to which the graveyard and headstones have been maintained

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