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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"GLENCOLUMBKILLE (or Gleann Cholm Cille), a parish in the barony of Bannagh, county Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, 10 miles N.W. of Killybegs. The surface is mountainous and very rugged, abounding in moors, lakes, and bogs. It contains the heights of Glenlough, Mallinbeg, Ballard, Carrigan Head, Malinmore, Lough Unna, and Teelin Head. The road to Killybegs passes through the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Raphoe, value £114, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built, partly by the late Board of First Fruits, in 1827. There are schools at Malinmore, Glen, and Meenacross.

"GLENBAYS, a small fishing village in the parish of Glencolumbkille, barony of Bannagh, county Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland. It is situated on the shore of the Atlantic, to the N.W. of Slievelong Mountain. Here stand the parish church and a Roman Catholic chapel."

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