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

"KILGARRYLANDER, a parish in the barony of Trughanacmy, county Kerry, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles S. of Tralee. Milltown is its post town. It is 4 miles long by 2 broad. The surface is about half mountainous, comprising part of the Slievemish mountains, and the remainder is indifferent land. The parish is bordered on the S. by Castlemaine harbour and the mouth of the river Maine. It is traversed by the road from Killarney to Dingle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, value with Kiltallagh, £410, in the patronage of the crown. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and three hedge-schools. Keel is the principal residence.

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