KILSHANNIG

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

"KILSHANNIG, a parish in the barony of Duhallow, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles S.W. of Mallow, its post town. It is 7 miles long by 6 broad, and contains part of the village of Glantane. The soil is generally good. The river Blackwater passes through the parish. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Cloyne, value £561, in the patronage of the bishop. There area church, built in 1719, two Roman Catholic chapels, three Sunday and numerous day schools. Dromore is one among the numerous seats which adorn this district. Dromineen Castle, formerly of the O'Callaghans, is an interesting ruin standing on the banks of the Blackwater."

"GLANTANE, a post village in the parish of Kilshannig, in the barony of Duhallow, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles S.W. of Mallow. Here is a dispensary within the Mallow Poor-law Union, and a Roman Catholic chapel for the parish of Glantane, in the diocese of Cloyne and Ross."

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