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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2018 ]"KILBARRYMEADEN, a parish in the barony of Decies-without-Drum, county Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. of the town of Kilmacthomas. The parish is 3 miles long by near 2 broad, and contains the village of Kells. The surface consists of coarse boggy land, with slight elevations in the N. The living is a suspended vicarage in the diocese of Lismore, value £79, in the patronage of the bishop. There are two day schools and a Roman Catholic chapel. Gardenmorris, and Georgestown are the principal seats. The parish takes its name from being the site of a church built by St. Baramedan; the site is believed by the peasantry to be sacred, and to possess miraculous qualities. A holy well has numerous devotees. Near Dunbrattan is a cave containing a rough-hewn image of the patron saint of the parish. Near this place is the reputed scene of a defeat of the Danes by Raymond le Gros. Limestone, copper and lead ores are found."
"KILL, a village in the parish of Kilbarrymeaden, barony of Decies-without-Drum, county Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles N.N.E. of Bonmahon. Garden Morris and Georgestown are seats in the vicinity."
"DRUMBRATTAN, a fishing station in the barony of Middlethird, in the county of Waterford, province of Munster. Ireland. It stands on a small cove near Annestown, and has a pier." [Dunabrattin]