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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilmanagh contained the following places:"KILMANAGH, a parish and post-office village in the barony of Crannagh, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles N. of Callan. The parish is 3 miles square. Tho surface is hilly, but consists of a good soil. It is drained towards the S. by a small affluent of the King's river. The living is a prebend in the diocese of Ossory, value £474, in the patronage of Trinity College. The church was built at the end of the last century. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Ballycullen and Killaloe. There are three schools. Shipton and Banse are the principal residences. The village contains a police station, where petty sessions are held. A monastery was founded here by St. Natalis."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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