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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilfane contained the following places:"KILFANE, a parish in the barony of Gowran, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N.E. of Thomastown, its post town. It is 2 miles long and the same broad. The surface consists of a poor soil, and is crossed by the road from Dublin to Waterford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ossory, value with two others, £465, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built in 1832 by the late Board of First Fruits. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and four day schools. Kilfane House is the principal residence. There are ruins of a castle and of a religious house called St. Phian's church."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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