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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"MARSHALSTOWN, a parish in the barony of Condone and Clangibbon, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles N.W. of Mitchelstown, its post town. It is 3½ miles long by 3 broad. The surface is mountainous and boggy, and is traversed by the river Funchion, and the road from Mitchelstown to Doneraile. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Cloyne, value £200, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was the gift of the late Board of First Fruits in 1830. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that in Brigown. There are two hedge-schools. Killer Castle is the chief residence.

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