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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Kilmeen D contained the following places:

"KILMEEN, a parish in the baronies of Duhallow and Magunihy, counties Kerry and Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 2 miles W. of Kanturk, its post town. It is 16 miles long by 8 broad, and contains the village of Boherboy. The surface, which lies along the headwaters of the river Blackwater, consists of a mountainous and boggy tract. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, value with Dromtarriff, £580, in the patronage of the bishop. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and three hedge-schools. Pobble O'Keefe, which belonged to the M'Auliffes, is in the vicinity."

"BOHERBOY, a village in the parish of Kilmeen, and barony of Duhallow, in the county of Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 7 miles to the W. of Kanturk.

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