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In 1868, the parish of Kilfinaghta contained the following places:

"KILFINAGHTA, a parish in the barony of Lower Bunratty, county Clare, province of Munster, Ireland, containing part of Sixmilebridge, its post town, and the village of Ivarstown. It is 4 miles long by 3 broad. About half the surface is mountainous and boggy, the remainder arable, but of variable quality. In the S.E. is a hill attaining the altitude of 1,010 feet. The principal rivulets are Gourna and Ougarnee. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Killaloe, value with six others, £277, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is of unknown date. There are two Roman Catholic chapels and three hedge-schools. The principal seats are Mount Ivers and Castlecrine. The road from Dublin to Ennis passes to the S. There are ruins of an ancient church at Ballysheen. The old castles of Cappa, Crine, Mountcashel, and Ballycullen, are within the limits of the parish. Slate is quarried.

"IVARSTOWN, a village in the parish of Kilfinaghta, barony of Lower Bunratty, county Clare, province of Munster, Ireland, near Sixmilebridge."

"SIXMILEBRIDGE, a small post town in the parish of Kilfinaghta, barony of Lower Bunratty, county Clare, province of Munster, Ireland, 11 miles S.E. of Ennis, and 128 from Dublin. It is a station on the Limerick and Ennis railway. The village, which was formerly a market town, is situated on the river Ongarnee, and the old Limerick and Ennis road. It contains the parish church, a Roman Catholic chapel, police station, sessions house, bridewell, two mills, and the ruins of the market house. It had formerly a small religious house, a cell to St. Saviour's, Limerick. General sessions are held in June, and petty sessions at intervals. Sixmilebridge House is the principal seat. A fair is held on 5th December."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018