RATHCOOLE

In 1868, the parish of Rathcoole contained the following places:

"RATHCOOLE, a parish in the barony of Gowran, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N.E. or Kilkenny. Freshford is its post town. The surface extends over a well-cultivated district, and is undulating. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ossory, value with Kilkryan £82, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. It is united to St. John's in the Roman Catholic arrangement. There are a chapel, a schoolhouse, and a police station. Sandsford's Court is the principal residence in the neighbourhood.

"JOHNSWELL, a village in the parish of Rathcoole, barony of Gowran, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Kilkenny. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a police station."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018