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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"GORTROE, a parish in the barony of Barrymore, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. of Rathcormack, its post town. Here the road from Rathcormack to Middleton, and that from Watergrass Hill, to Tallon intersect each other. The surface has a large proportion of mountain and bog, and is traversed in the E. by the river Bride. The living, with Dysart, is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Cloyne, value £315, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built in 1825 by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Rathcormack. Here are two or three day schools."

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