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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilmacahill contained the following places:"KILMACAHILL, (or Kilmochahill), a parish in the barony of Gowran, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N. of Gowran, its post town. It is 3 miles long by 2 broad, and contains part of the village of Whitehall. The surface consists of a fair soil. The interior is drained by the Akore rivulet, a tributary to the river Barrow. The road from Dublin to Cork passes through the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Leighlin, value £147, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built by the late Board of First Fruits in 1815. There are three day schools. Paulstown Castle is the principal residence.
"PAULSTOWN, a village in the parishes of Shankill and Kilmacahill, in the barony of Gowran, county Kilkenny, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Gowran. It is situated on the road from Kilkenny to Carlow, and contains a police station and a Roman Catholic chapel. Paulstown House is one of several residences in the vicinity. Here are ruins of a castle and of a church, and traces of an abbey."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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