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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"CONRY, (or Conragh), a parish in the barony of Rathconrath, in the county of West Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles E. of Ballymore. The surface consists generally of good land, with some bog and limestone. The village lies beneath that part of Usbuagh known as St. Patrick's Bed. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value with Churchtown, £346, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Dysart. There is a hedge-school at Carne.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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