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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilmahon contained the following places:"KILMAHON, a parish in the barony of Imokilly, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. of Cloyne. Shanagarry is its post town. The parish is 4 miles long by 3 broad. It occupies a site on the sea-coast, and contains the village of Ballinacreen. The soil is good. The living is a rectory and vicarage In the diocese of Cloyne, value £340, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built at the end of the last century. There is a Roman Catholic chapel, which is united to those of Kilmacdonough and Itermorrough; also two day schools. In the vicinity are the ruins of two castles formerly belonging to the Desmonds."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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