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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Urney contained the following places:"URNEY, a parish partly in the barony of Raphoe, county Donegal, and partly in the barony of Slabane, county Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland, containing part of Strabane, its post town, and the village of Clady. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Derry, value £894, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected in 1734. The parish gives name to a Roman Catholic union; there are also a Presbyterian meeting-house and several schools. Urney Park, Urney House, and Castletown are the principal seats. The manufacture of linen is carried on."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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