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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Tracton contained the following places:
"TRACTON, a parish in the barony of Kinalea, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 7 miles N.E. of Kinsale, its post town. The surface is good, and manured with sea sand. The parish is crossed by the road from Ringabella to Kinsale, and is bounded by Robert's Head and Ringabella Bay. It included Minane. There are slate quarries, and veins of lead have been found. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Cork, value £97. The church, which stands on the site of the old abbey, was built in 1817 by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. In the Roman Catholic arrangement this parish is the head of a union, and contains two chapels. There are a public and two private schools. The principal residences are Ringabella, Gurtnagrenane, and Broomley. Here are the ruins of an abbey founded in 1224. The Earl of Shannon is the proprietor of the manor."
"MINANE, a village in the barony of Kinalea, county Cork, Ireland, 7 miles N.E. of Kinsale."
"ROBERTSCOVE, a village in the barony of Kinalea, county Cork, Ireland, 10 miles E. of Kinsale. It is situated on Carrigadda Bay, and is a coastguard station."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868] Copyright Colin Hinson ©2018