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MUCKALEE - [Castlecomer]
"Muckalee", or Muckully,
a parish, in the barony of Fassadining, county
of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (S.) from Castlecomer,
on the road to Kilkenny; and on the river Dinin; containing 885
inhabitants. From the similarity of name, and its situation, it is supposed
that this place was the Magh-ailbee, where, according to Keating,
Cormac, king of Munster, the king of Ossory, and various other chieftains,
were slain in 913. A battle appears to have been fought in the vicinity, as
a burial-ground is marked by a number of upright stones, south-east of
Purcell's hill, where the slain were interred. The parish comprises
26,493 [?] statute acres, of which 8288 are arable, 1459 pasture, and the
remainder waste or bog. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming
part of the union of Dunmore; the rectory is impropriate in the corporation
of Kilkenny. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district
of Muckalee. There are two private schools, in which about 160 children are
educated. On the neighboring hill of Knockmajor is a small circular enclosure;
and in the valley beneath, towards Wildfield, many old spears have been
found. Yellow ochre, of a soft quality, is foudn at Wildfield; and there is
a weak chalybeate spring near the church at Coolcuulen.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]
Note: There is another Muckalee parish in the
baronies of Knocktopher and Iverk, and the R.C. parish of Templorum.
Civil Roman Catholic Time FHLC parish parish period number Muckalee Muckalee 1801-1880 0926200
Townlands (1851)Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 18 Apr 1999Parish Townland Acres Diocese Muckalee Clogharinka 580 Muckalee Coolraheen 188 Muckalee Crossybrennan 25 Muckalee Gaulstown 485 Muckalee Knockmajor 804 Muckalee Muckalee 1123 Muckalee Scanlansland 171 Muckalee Tomascotha 35 Muckalee Wildfield 290