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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Derrynahinch contained the following places:"DERRYNAHINCH, (or Dernahensy), a parish in the barony of Knocktopher, in the county of Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2½ miles S.E. of Knocktopher, its post town. It is on the road from Kilkenny to Waterford, and contains the village of Ballyhale. The surface is partly moorland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ossory, value with Knocktopher, £510, in the patronage of the bishop. At Ballyhale is a Roman Catholic chapel, united to those of Kilkeasy, Newmarket, Kells, and Higginstown. There is a Roman Catholic Sunday-school and four private day schools. Dorrynahinch and Kiltorkan are the principal residences.
"BALLYHALE, a village in the parish of Derrynahinch, and barony of Knochtopher, in the county of Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, near Knochtopher. It is a station on the Waterford and Kilkenny railway."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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