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POLLRONE
"Pollrone", or Poleroan,
a parish, in the barony of Iverk, county of
Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 6 miles (N. W.) from Waterford,
on the road to Carrick-on-Suir, and on the north-eastern bank of the
river Suir; containing 1245 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in
the diocese of Ossory, united by act of council, in 1680, to the vicarages
of Potnescully and Illud, together consituting the union of Poleroan, in
the gift of the Corporation of Waterford, in who the rectory is impropriate.
There is a glebe-house with a glebe of 4 1/4 acrtes. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union or district of
Moncoin. About 60
children are educated in a private school.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]Church Records
Civil Parish: Pollrone. RC Parish: Mooncoin (Carigeen).
Earliest Records: b. Dec 1797; m. Jan 1772.
Cross reference to Family History Library microfilm (double-check with the Library)
Civil Roman Catholic Time FHLC
parish parish period number
Pollrone Mooncoin not available
Historical Geography
Townlands (1851)
Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 28 Apr 1999
Parish Townland Acres Diocese
Pollrone Afaddy or Silverspring 77 Ossory
Pollrone Ballybrassil 260 Ossory
Pollrone Ballytarsney 71 Ossory
Pollrone Clogga 1067 Ossory
Pollrone Doornane 417 Ossory
Pollrone Grange 643 Ossory
Pollrone Mooncoin 43 Ossory
Pollrone Nicholastown 184 Ossory
Pollrone Pollrone 699 Ossory
Pollrone Portnascully 131 Ossory
Pollrone Silverspring or Afaddy 77 Ossory
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