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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Rathmichael contained the following places:"RATHMICHAEL, a parish in the barony of Rathdown, county Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N.W. of Bray, its post town. The surface is varied by hill and dale, and the soil is good. There is a proportion of mountain pasture, and a little common. The road from Bray to Dublin crosses the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Dublin, value £221, in the patronage of the archbishop. The ruins of the church only remain. The parish belongs to the union of Kingstown in the Roman Catholic arrangement. There are a parish and a private school. Shanganagh is the chief residence. In this parish are remains of a round tower, and of one or two castles, likewise the traces of a line of entrenchments and forts. Lead ore is worked."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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