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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"KILCORNEY, a parish in the barony of Muskerry West, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles E. of Mill-street. Mallow is its post town. It is 2 miles long by 1 mile broad. The surface is hilly, and includes a part of the Muskerry mountains. The interior is watered by the Racool rivulet, a tributary to the Blackwater. The living is a suspended rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Cloyne, in the patronage of the bishop. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Clonmeen. There are two hedge-schools. 'A Danish fort is seen at Downour. The parish is also the site of an ancient monastic establishment. Kilcorney House is the principal residence."

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