CARRIGROHANE

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

"CARRIGROHANE, (or Kilgrohanmore), a parish in the baronies of Cork and East Muskerry, in the county of Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 6 miles to the W. of Cork. It is situated in a district of rich pasture-land on the banks of the river Lee, and contains the village of Ballincollig. Some of the inhabitants are employed in the great powder manufactory at the latter place. The Lee is crossed by a stone bridge. The parish contains abundance of limestone. There are some large flour-mills on the Lee. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, value with several others, £784, in the patronage of the bishop of the diocese The living is held with the precentorship of St. Finbar's, Cork. In the parish are remains of two ancient castles, one of which is at Ballincollig, and was a seat of the Barretts.

"BALLINCOLLIG, a village in the parish of Carrigrohane, and barony of East Musketry, in the county of Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles to the W. of Cork, and 166 miles from Dublin. It is situated on the river Bride, and is a place of importance as a military depot, and the site of a large gunpowder factory. There are largo artillery barracks, with a church, school-house, and hospital. The powder mills extend over a space of nearly four miles. Here is also a police depot for the province. Near the village are some ruins of the old castle which was erected in the reign of Edward III."

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