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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Nurney contained the following places:"NURNEY, a parish and village in the barony of West Offaly, county Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3½ miles S.W. of Kildare. Naas is its post town. It is 1½ mile in length and the same in breadth. The surface is well cultivated, and intersected by the roads from Kildare to Athy, and from Calverstown to Monastereven. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Kildare, value with two others, £152, in the patronage of the bishop. There are a church and two Roman Catholic chapels. Nurney House is the principal seat."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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