KILMACDONOGH

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

"KILMACDONOGH, a parish in the barony of Imokilly, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland. Youghall is its post town. It is 4 miles long by 3 broad, and contains the village of Ballymacoda. The surface consists of a peninsulated tract lying between Castlemartyr river and Youghal Harbour on the one side, and Fenis river and Ballycotton Bay on the other. Ring Point is the seaward extremity of this peninsula. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Cloyne, value with Kilcredan, £364, in the patronage of the crown. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Itermorrough and Kilmahon. There are a Sunday and two day schools. Ring House is a mansion standing about 1 mile to the W. of Ring Point.

"BALLYMACODA, a village in the parish of Kilmacdonogh, and barony of Imokilly, in the county of Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles to the S. of Youghal. It is seated on an inlet of Youghal Bay."

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