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In 1868, the parish of Fohanagh contained the following places:"FOHANAGH, a parish in the baronies of Clonmacnowen and Kilconnell, county Galway, province of Connaught, Ireland, 2 miles S. of Ahascragh. Kilconnell is its post town. The surface is boggy. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Clonfert. The church is a mere ruin. Here is a Roman Catholic chapel and a day school. Clonbrock is the demesne of Lord Clonbrock. There are ruins of a castle at Ballinabanaba. Some eight and twenty years ago the skeleton of an elk was found in a bog here. Limestone is plentiful.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018