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BALLYLINCH

"Ballylinch", a parish, in the barony of Gowran, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 1 mile (N.) from Thomastown; containing 298 inhabitants. It forms part of the estate of Mount Juliet, comprises 165 statute acres. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, and is included in the union of Burnchurch; the rectory is a sub-denomination forming part of the Mount Juliet demesne. In the R. C. divisions it is comprehended in the union or district of Thomastown.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]

Church Records

Civil Parish: Ballylinch. RC Parish: Thomastown.
Earliest Records: b. Jun 1782; m. Jan 1786.

Cross reference to Family History Library microfilm (double-check with the Library) 

Civil 		Roman Catholic		Time 		FHLC
parish		parish			period		number
Ballylinch	Thomastown		1782-1833	0926202
					1834-1880	0926203

Historical Geography

Townlands (1851) 
Parish		Townland		Acres	Diocese
Ballylinch	Ballydonnell		108	Ossory    
Ballylinch	Ballylinch Demense	817	Ossory    
Ballylinch	Legan			241	Ossory
Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 10 Apr 1999

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