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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilmanaghan contained the following places:
"KILMANAGHAN, a parish partly in the barony of Clonlonan, county Westmeath, and partly in that of Kilcoursey, King's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N.W. of Clara, its post town. It is 4 miles long by 3½ broad, and contains the town of Moate. The surface is flat and uninteresting, but consists of good land. It is crossed by the road from Moate to Clara. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value with Ardnurcher, £359, in the patronage of the crown. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, and five or six day schools. Kilfylan is one of several residences."
"TOBER, a hamlet in the barony of Kilcoursey, King's County, Ireland, 3 miles N.W. of Clare. There is a police station in the village."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2018]