FEDAMORE

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

"FEDAMORE, a parish in the baronies of Clanwilliam and Smallcounty, county Limerick, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles N.W. of Bruff. Limerick is its post town. It lies on the road from Limerick to Kilmallock, near the river Camoge. The soil is good. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Limerick, value with another, £303, in the patronage of the bishop. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Manister. There are two day schools in the union. Here is a police station. The principal residences are the Grange and Ballinaguard. The Fedamore dispensary is within the Limerick Poor-law Union. At Fanningstown are the remains of a church built in 1288 by the Knights Templars, and called Temple Roe. At Ballinaguard are the Rockstown and Williamstown castles, the latter built by the Bourke family. There is a castle also at Englishtown, built by Sir J. Fitzgerald. Fairs are held on the 5th May and 9th October."

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