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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilnamanagh contained the following places:"KILNAMANAGH, a parish in the barony of Frenchpark, county Roscommon, province of Connaught, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Frenchpark. It is 6.1 miles long by 2½ broad, and comprises part of Lough Gara. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Elphin. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Bridnague. There are four day schools. Here stood an old abbey, the site of which was granted to Earl Clanricarde at the Suppression. Kingsland is the principal residence."
"BREEDOGE-BRIDGE, a hamlet in the parish of Kilnamanagh, and barony of French-park, in the county of Roscommon, province of Connaught, Ireland, 6 miles to the S.W. of Boyle. It is seated near the south-eastern extremity of Lough Gara, on the banks of the Breedoge river, which has its source in the adjacent barony of Castlereagh, and falls into the lough a little below the village."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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