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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"KILLADOON, a parish in the barony of Tires-rill, county Sligo, province of Connaught, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Ballinafad. Boyle is its post town. It is about 2½ miles in length and breadth, and contains part of Lough Arrow. The surface consists of arable soil, and is traversed by the road from Carrick-on-Shannon to Sligo. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Elphin, value with Kilmactraney, £79, in the patronage of the bishop. Kingsborough is the only seat. There are two hedge-schools. A convent was founded here by the MacDonoghs in 1427, of which there are still ruins."

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