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

"KILLISKEY, a parish in the barony of Newcastle, county Wicklow, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N.W. of Wicklow. Ashford is its post town. It is 5 miles long by 3 broad, and contains a village of the same name on the river Vartrey, near the Wicklow mountains. It is traversed by the road from Dublin to Wicklow. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, value £213, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church was built by the late Board of First Fruits in 1818. Here are a Roman Catholic chapel and three day schools. Some of the most attractive features in this parish are O'Byrne's Castle in Dunran Glen, the Devil's Glen, and Glenmore."

"GLENMORE, a demesne on the S. side of the entrance of the Devil's Glen, in the parish of Killiskey, barony of Newcastle, county Wicklow, province of Leinster, Ireland. Glenmore Castle is a large building, occupying a commanding site."

"NUNSCROSS, a village in the parish of Killiskey, barony of Newcastle, county Wicklow, Ireland, 4 miles N.W. of Wicklow. It is situated in the valley of the Vartrey, near the Devil's Glen."

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