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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Killanny contained the following places:"KILLANNY, a parish partly in the barony of Farney, county Monaghan, province of Ulster, and partly in the barony of Ardee, county Louth, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles W. of Louth. Dundalk is its post town. The parish is 3 miles square. The surface is somewhat boggy, and is drained towards the S.E. by the river Glyde. In the interior are several lakes. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Clogher, value £485, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was rebuilt in 1789. There are two united Roman Catholic chapels, also five hedge-schools. Moynalty, Ballymacknay, and Aghafad are the principal residences.
"BALLYMACKNEY, a village in the parish of Killanny, barony of Farney, in the county of Monaghan, province of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles from Carrickmacross."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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