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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"BALLYCOMMON, a parish in the barony of Lower Philipstown, King's County, in the province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles to the W. of Philipstown. The Grand canal passes through the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Dublin, Glendalagh, and Kildare, of the value of £129, in the patronage of the crown. The church was repaired in 1835, by a grant of £335 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There is a commodious glebehouse, built in 1817, and several schools. Nearly one third of the parish is bog."

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