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In 1868, the parish of Kilmoon contained the following places:"KILMOON, a parish in the barony of Burren, county Clare, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles N.N.W. of Kilfenora. Ennistimon is its post town. It is 5 miles long by 2 broad. The surface is hilly, consisting chiefly of a part of the Slieve-Elva mountains. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Kilfenora, value with Killeilagh, £247, in the patronage of the trustees of the late Marquis of Thomond. There are ruins of Lindoonvarna Castle, also of an old church, besides traces of fortifications. The Creagh family of Rathbane are the principal landowners."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018