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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilmichael contained the following places:"KILMICHAEL, a parish in the baronies of East Carbery and West Muskerry, county Cork, province of Munster; Ireland, 5 miles S.S.W. of Macroom, its post town. It is near 5 miles square. The surface is mountainous and boggy, and includes part of the valley of the river Letter. The interior is intersected by the roads from Cork to Castletown-Bearhaven, and from Macroom to Dunmanway. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Cork, value £774, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built by the Ecclesiastical Commission. There are five day schools. Greenville is the principal seat of the neighbourhood. An oaken hand-mill was found a few years ago in the bog some 9 or 10 feet below the surface."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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