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CASTLECOMER
"Castlecomer", a market and post-town, and
a parish, in the barony of Fassadining, county of
Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 9 1/2 miles (N.) from Kilkenny, and
46 miles (S. W.) from Dublin; containing 13,242 inhabitants, of which number,
2436 are in the town. This town is situated on the river Deen, and on the
road from Kilkenny, by Athy, to Dublin. The parish comprises 21,708 acres,
and contains the principal portion of the extensive coal field of the district.
The coal is of a kind commonly called Kilkenny coal, which, containing no
bitumen, burns without blaze or smoke. The living is a rectory and vicarage,
in the diocese of Ossory, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church,
situated in the town, is a neat edifice with a tower; and their is a
chapel of ease at Mooneenroe, in the collieries. The glebe house was built
in 1819. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the three several
unions or districts of Castlecomer,
Clough, and
Muckalee, the first of
which comprises about one-half of it; there are four chapels belonging to
these unions, on of which is in the town. There is also a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. Near the R. C. chapel is a convent, and adjoining it
a school under the care of the nuns. The schools adjoining the parish church
and chapel of ease are supported by annual donation of £100 from the Hon.
C. B. Wandesford, and £34 from the rector; an infants' school is also
supported by subscription. In these schools about 380 children receive
gratuitous instruction; and there are also eight pay schools, in which are
about 330 children, and three Sunday schools.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]Church Records
Civil Parish: Castlecomer. RC Parish: Castlecomer.
Earliest Records: b. Jan 1812; m. Aug 1842.
Civil Parish: Castlecomer. RC Parish: Clough.
Earliest Records: b. 1832; m. 1830.
Civil Parish: Muckalee. RC Parish: Muckalee.
Earliest Records: b. Oct 1801; m. Apr 1809.
Civil Roman Catholic Time FHLC
parish parish period number
Castlecomer Castlecomer pt 1812-1880 0926702
1847-1880 0926189-190
Clogh pt 1858-1880 0926702
1858-1880 0926191
Muckalee 1801-1880 0926200
Historical Geography
Townlands (1851)
Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 28 Apr 1999
Parish Townland Acres Diocese
Castlecomer Aghamucky 1061 Ossory
Castlecomer Ardra 770 Ossory
Castlecomer Aughatubbrid or Chatsworth 1651 Ossory
Castlecomer Ballylinnen 659 Ossory
Castlecomer Castlecomer 81 Ossory
Castlecomer Chatsworth or Aughatubbrid 1651 Ossory
Castlecomer Clogh 506 Ossory
Castlecomer Cloneen 800 Ossory
Castlecomer Coolbaun 683 Ossory
Castlecomer Coolnaleen 430 Ossory
Castlecomer Croghtenclogh 3470 Ossory
Castlecomer Crutt 2456 Ossory
Castlecomer Donaguile 784 Ossory
Castlecomer Drumgoole 295 Ossory
Castlecomer Firoda Lower or Glenmagoo 1049 Ossory
Castlecomer Firoda Upper 1184 Ossory
Castlecomer Glebe 19 Ossory
Castlecomer Glenmagoo or Firoda Lower 1049 Ossory
Castlecomer Gorteen 682 Ossory
Castlecomer Kiltown 730 Ossory
Castlecomer Loan 872 Ossory
Castlecomer Moneenroe 1303 Ossory
Castlecomer Moyhora 1172 Ossory
Castlecomer Skehana 926 Ossory
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