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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"RATHCONNELL, (or Turin), a parish in the barony of Moyashell and Magheradernon, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles E.N.E. of Mullingar. Killucan is its post town. The surface extends over 12,440 acres. There is a tract of bog, but the greater part is good arable and pasture land. The Royal canal passes through the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value £170. The church was erected by means of a loan and gift from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is at the head of a district. There are a parochial school and a dispensary. Clonlost and Knockdrin are among the numerous seats. Petty sessions are held at intervals."
"CRAZY CORNER, a village in the barony of Fakbill, in the county of Westmeath, Ireland, 7 miles E. of Mullingar."
"PASS-IF-YOU-CAN, a hamlet in the parish of Rathconnell, in the baronies of Moyashel and Magheradernon, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Mullingar, on the road to Collinstown."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2018]