BALLYNAKILL L

In 1868, the parish of Ballynakill L contained the following places:

"BALLYNAKILL, a parish in the barony of Leitrim, in the county of Galway, province of Connaught, Ireland, 8 miles to the W. of Portumna. This parish, which is very extensive, embracing an area of no less than 59,626 acres, lies on the west shore of Lough Derg, at the foot of the Slieve Baughta hills, and contains the town of Woodford. The soil is good and the land cultivated. The loftiest hill is the Scalp, about 1,070 feet in height. The living is a rectory united with the vicarage of Lickmolassy, in the diocese of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, and Kilmacduagh. There are several gentlemen's seats, among which are Marble Hill, Shannon Hill, Ballinagar, &c. A tract of land of above 1,300 acres in this parish was purchased by the Irish Waste Land Society, in 1836, and in twenty years the value of it rose from 50s. to £84."

 

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