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"MURHER, a parish in the barony of Iraghticonnor, county Kerry, province of Munster, Ireland, 6 miles N.N.E. of Listowel. Tarbert is its post town. It is 4 miles long, and its greatest breadth is 2 miles. It contains the village of Newtown Sandes. The surface is very boggy, and has a poor soil. The river Gale traces the southern boundary, and the Listowel and Tarbert road intersects the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, value with Listowel, £335. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Kilnaughton and Aghavallin. There are three daily schools. Moyvane is the principal seat."
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| Murhur Church Ruins and Burial Ground |
| Murhur Church Ruins and Burial Ground |
| Church of the Assumption, Moyvane, Catholic |
The ancient parish church of Murher was in ruins by the early nineteenth century. Sections of the walls remain in the graveyard. There is only one place of worship in the civil parish, the Catholic Church of the Assumption in the village of Moyvane (formerly Newtown Sandes). The Catholic parish of Moyvane comprises the old parishes of Murher and Knockanure. In the Church of Ireland Murher was joined to Aghavallen.
- The transcription of the section for Murher from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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