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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Columbkille contained the following places:"COLUMBKILLE, a parish in the barony of Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland. This parish, which includes part of the postal village of Thomastown, extends along the ban's of the river Nore. Its general character is hilly, with a poor soil. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ossory, value with Thomastown, £416, in the patronage of the bishop. There is a Roman Catholic chapel at Mung, which is united to those of Thomastown, Kilfane, and Kilminogue. There are also two day schools and one Sunday school.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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