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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"KILMOCOMOGE, (or Kilmacomogue), a parish in the baronies of East and West Carbery, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, containing Bantry, its post town. The parish is 14 miles long by 12 broad, and includes Whiddy Island. The surface is mountainous, and is diversified by the rivers Ouvane, Melagh, and Drumgariff. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Cork, value £613, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There are a Protestant Sunday-school and several day schools. Bantry Lodge is the mansion of Earl Bantry, and Glengariff Castle that of Captain White. At Carriganass are the remains of a castle formerly belonging to the O'Sullivan family; likewise vestiges of an abbey founded in 1466.

"BANTRY, a seaport and market town, in the parish of Kilmocomoge, and barony of Bantry, in the county of Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 58 miles to the S. W. of Cork, and 218 miles from Dublin. The town, which was formerly called Kilcoban, is seated in a valley closely surrounded by mountains at the head of the bay to which it has given name. The bay extends about 25 miles in length in a N.E. and S.W. direction, and varies in breadth from 8 to 12 miles. Whiddy Island lies opposite to the town and shelters its harbour. On the N. W. side of the bay is Bear Island and Haven, and opposite to Bantry is Glengariff harbour. A French fleet came up the bay in 1689; in 1697 some troops of William III. landed here from Flanders; and in 1796 a French fleet under General Hoche and Admiral de Galles entered the bay, and was dispersed and partly destroyed by a storm. The port is subordinate to Baltimore. The principal trade of the town is in corn and flour, large quantities of which are exported. From 20 to 30 boats are employed in the various fisheries. The town contains the parish church of Kilmacomogue, chapels for Roman Catholics and Wesleyans, two schools, a neat court-house, a bridewell, and a dispensary. It comprises, according to the census of 1861, 402 inhabited houses, with a population of 2,444, of whom 167 are returned as belonging to the Established Church, 2,203 are Roman Catholics, and 74 Methodists. The town has a chief police station; petty sessions are held once a fortnight, and quarter sessions in February. Bantry is the seat of a Poor-law Union. Bantry House, finely situated on the coast, is the seat of the Earl of Bantry. Saturday is the market-day. Fairs are held on the 19th March, the 1st May, the 9th June, the 15th July, the 21st August, the 15th October, and the 1st December."

"GLENGARIFF, a village and sea-lough in the parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry, county Cork, Ireland, 6 miles N.W. of Bantry. It is situated in a beautiful vale, nearly surrounded by mountains, and gives name to a small but safe harbour with from 3 to 5 fathoms water. Glengariff Lodge and Glengariff Castle are the principal residences, the former being the seat of the Earl of Bantry."

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