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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Burnchurch contained the following places:"BURNCHURCH, (or Kiltraneen), a parish in the barony of Shillelogher, in the county of Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles to the S. of Kilkenny. The parish is very extensive, comprising an area of 3,364 acres, and includes the villages of Ballymack, Booly, and Knockham. Limestone is found here. The living is a vicarage, the head of a union comprising six other benefices, in the diocese of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin, of the annual value of £1,334, in the alternate patronage of the crown and the bishop. Farmly, in this parish, was the residence of the noted Henry Flood, a member of the Irish House of Commons, who died here in December, 1791. There is an old castle, still nearly perfect, in the village.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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