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"Donaghmore", or Donoughmore, also known as Ballyragget, a post-town and parish, in the barony of Fassadining, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 8 miles (N. W.) from Kilkenny, and 53 3/4 (S.W. by S.) from Dublin; containing 2609 inhabitants, of which number, 1629 are in the town. This place appears to have derived its origin from a castle belonging to the Butler family, which in 1600 was garrisoned by the forces of Sir George Carew, Lord-President of Munster, when the sons of Lord Mountgarret, to whom it then belonged, were in rebellion against the crown, and engaged with O'More to arrest the Earl of Ormonde. The town is situated on the road from Kilkenny to Durrow, and on the river Nore, over which is a good stone bridge of 10 arches; it consists of one principal street, with several smaller streets diverging from it, and contains about 300 houses. The parish comprises 5268 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; there is a quarry of hard black limestone. In the immediate vicinity of the town is Ballyragget Lodge, the mansion is a fine building; in the demesne are the remains of Ballyragget castle, in a good state of perservation. The parish is in the diocese of Ossory; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Ormonde, and the vicarage is part of the union of Odogh. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a union or district, which comprises the parishes of Ballyragget, Ballyouskill, Rosconnel, and Attanagh, and parts of those of Durrow, Abbeyleix, Freshford, Burnchurch, and Kilmocar; and contains two chapels, one at Ballyragget and one at Attanagh. There are eight pay schools and a Sunday school in the parish.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]

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Church Records

Civil Parish: Donaghmore. RC Parish: Ballyragget.
Earliest Records: b. 1801; m. Apr 1856. Missing: b. of 1806-1855.

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 Civil           Roman Catholic  Time            FHLC 
parish           parish           period           number 
Donaghmore      Ballyragget     1856-1880       0979702 
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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

Townlands (1851)
 Parish         Townland                Acres   Diocese 
Donaghmore      Ballymartin             875     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Ballynalacken           940     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Ballyragget             715     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Coole                   203     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Donaghmore              867     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Finnan                  567     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Garrannaguilly          386     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Moatpark                217     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Rathduff                148     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Sraleagh                115     Ossory     
Donaghmore      Tinnalintan             234     Ossory     
The civil parish of Donaghmore contained the townlands of:
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