Cloydagh (Laois portion)

"CLOYDAGH, (or Clody, or Clogrennan), a parish partly in the baronies of Carlow and West Idrone, in the county of Carlow, and partly in the barony of Slievemargy, in Queen's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles to the S.W. of Carlow, its post town. The parish is partly bounded by the river Barrow and the road from Carlow to Leighlin Bridge. It is very hilly. The Clogrennan hills, lying at the foot of the Slievemargy range, here slope down into the valley of the Barrow. The principal peak is 1,038 feet above the level of the sea. The soil is good, with limestone. Coal is procured at the Bilboa colliery, which lies to the W. of the village.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Leighlin, value £179, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built at the expense of the late Board of First Fruits in the year 1800. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Cillinane, Wells, Clonmulsk, and old Leighlin. There are several day schools. The hamlet of Millford, within this parish, is celebrated for its extensive flour-mills. 

Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868