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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Abbey Mahon contained the following places:

"ABBEY-MAHON, a parish in the baronies of Ibane and Barryroe, in the county of Cork, province of Munster, Ireland. It is situated on the south coast of Courtmacsherry bay, 10 miles S. of Bandon. The living is an impropriate curacy, in the diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, value £84, in the patronage of the Earl of Shannon. There is no church in the parish, but a private house is licensed for the performance of divine service. It was formerly part of the parish of Lislee, but was separated from it at the time of the erection of an abbey for the Cistercian order. This abbey, which was built close to the shore, was endowed by Lord Barry with 18 ploughlands and was not completed at the Dissolution under Henry VIII. Its possessions were then seized and conferred upon the Boyles, they are still the property of the Earl of Shannon. All that remains of the abbey are the walls of its church and a square tower, now covered with ivy. The land in the parish, which comprises about 4,482 acres, is generally good. There is a large extent of bog which yields valuable fuel. Many hands are employed in collecting sand and seaweed, which are much used in the neighbourhood as manure."

"LISLIVANE, a village in the barony of Ibane, county Cork, Ireland, 5 miles E. of Clonakilty."

 

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