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"CLONGESH, pa(rish) on the Shannon. Longford bar(ony), N.W. co. Longf(ord), Ir(eland), 3 n.w. of Longford; ac(res) 12,536. Although bog prevails, there is much good soil overlying limestone, which is quarried to a small extent. There are several schools. Castle Forbes is a seat."
From Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, 1900.