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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Killoscully contained the following places:"KILLOSCULLY, a parish in the baronies of Owney and Arra, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 8 miles S.S.W. of Nenagh, its post town. The parish is nearly 6 miles long by 4 broad, and contains the village of Shellee. The surface is hilly, particularly so in the east, where the Keeper mountains rise 2,278 feet above sea-level. The Dublin and Limerick road traverses the interior. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Cashel, value £248, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected in 1828, by means of a gift from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Ballinahinch in Kilnerath. There are three day schools. Kinalta is the chief seat. Stone, slate, and marl occur, and there are some abandoned gold mines, and a cromlech."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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