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East Surrey FHS Virtual Fair is on Sat 25 Jan with morning and afternoon sessions (GMT). It is free with a good range of societies participating and we will be there in a GENUKI room. So if you want to see some of us or have any questions please go to the link, sign up for the zoom meeting and join us.
RAHUGH
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Rahugh contained the following places:"RAHUGH, a parish in the barony of Moycashel, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. from Kilbeggan. The surface consists of a light soil with a small proportion of bog. The road from Kilbeggan to Philipstown crosses the interior, and likewise a branch of the Grand canal. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value with Ardnurcher, £359, in the patronage of the crown. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Kilbeggan. Here is a Baptist meeting-house, also three day schools. This parish is the reputed site of a monastery founded by ST. Aid in the 6th century. In the vicinity are two or three raths and some ruins.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018