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KILMACOW
"Kilmacow",
a parish, in the barony of Iverk, county of
Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Waterford,
on the road to Thomastown; containing 1923 inhabitants, of which number,
176 are in the village. It comprises 4389 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act, and has some good limestone quarries. The village contains
31 houses, and is a constabulary police station; petty sessions are held
in it every alternate week. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the
diocese of Ossory, and in the gift of the Bishop. The glebe-house has a glebe
of 11a. 22p. The church is a neat edifice with a handsome sprire, rebuilt
in 1818. In the R. C. divisions this parish is the head of a union or
district, comprising the parishes of Kilmacow, Dunkit, Gaulskill, Ullid,
Kilbeacon, and part of Killaghy, and containing chapels at Kilmacow,
Mullinavat, and Hill. The parochial school was built on land given by Mr.
Roche; about 80 children are educated in it, and about 190 in three
private schools. There are some fine ruins of Grandison, or
Graney,
castle, consisting of the remains of the keep, the great hall, and of three
circular towers, on the margin of the river Suir. It is supposed to have
been erected by Col. Butler for Charles I., but was finally surrendered to
Col. Axtel, Cromwell's governor of Kilkenny, and was afterwards allowed to
fall into decay.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]
Also see the village of Dangan.
Church Records
Civil Parish: Kilmacow. RC Parish: Kilmacow.
Earliest Records: b. Jul 1858; m. Aug 1858.; d. Jun 1858.
Cross reference to Family History Library microfilm (double-check with the Library)
Civil Roman Catholic Time FHLC
parish parish period number
Kilmacow Kilmacow pt 1858-1880 0926198
Mullinavat 1843-1880 0926201
Historical Geography
Townlands (1851)
Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 17 Apr 1999
Parish Townland Acres Diocese
Kilmacow Ballydaw 506 Ossory
Kilmacow Ballygriffin 167 Ossory
Kilmacow Ballynearla 467 Ossory
Kilmacow Clonassy 720 Ossory
Kilmacow Dangan 592 Ossory
Kilmacow Flemingstown 156 Ossory
Kilmacow Granny 1137 Ossory
Kilmacow Kilmacow 246 Ossory
Kilmacow Narrabaun North 126 Ossory
Kilmacow Narrabaun South 247 Ossory
Kilmacow Newtown 76 Ossory
Kilmacow Poulanassy <1 Ossory
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