ROSSKEEN

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

"ROSSKEEN, (or Rrusheen), a parish in the barony of Duhallow, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles E. of Kanturk. Queenstown is its post town. The surface lies along the N. bank of the river Blackwater. The soil is mostly good. The road from Kanturk to Mallow traverses the interior. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Cloyne, value with Clonmeen, £276, in the patronage of the bishop. It is joined to Castlemagner in the Roman Catholic arrangement. Roskeen House is the principal residence.

"GNEEVES, a village in the parishes of Castlemagner and Rosskeen, barony of Duhallow, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. of Kanturk."

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