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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Whitechurch contained the following places:"WHITECHURCH, a parish in the barony of Iverk, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N.E. of Carrick-on-Suir. It is situated on the river Linaan, or Lingan, near its junction with the Suir. Limestone is abundant. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Ossory, value £200, in the patronage of the crown and bishop. The church was erected by Archbishop Cox. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Templeorum. There are ruins of Kilcleran and Killonery churches; and a dispensary and several schools."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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