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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Clonmore contained the following places:"CLONMORE, a parish and hamlet in the barony of Ferrand, in the county of Louth, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles to the N.E. of Dunleer, its post town. The surface is hilly, but highly cultivated. The parish is traversed by the road from Dunleer to Dunany Point. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value £206, in the patronage of the bishop The church was built in 1795. There is a Roman Catholic chapel at Wyanstown, united to those of High Lane and Dysart. There are several day schools, and a police station. The ruins of a church, and of a castle once belonging to the Verduns, stand near the village."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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