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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Inishkenny contained the following places:"INISHKENNY, (or INNISHKENNY), a parish in the baronies of Cork and East Muskerry, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles from Cork, its post town. It is 3½ miles long by 3 broad. The soil is of fair quality, and the road from Cork to Bandon traverses the interior. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Cork, value £275, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built in 1809 by the late Board of First Fruits. The parish forms part of the Roman Catholic district of Carrigrohane. There is a parish school. Waterfall and Castle White are the principal residences. There are some traces of the Augustine monastery of Ballymacdane, founded in 1450 by Cormac M'Carthy.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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