Clonegal town, Moyacomb Civil Parish, County Carlow

CLONEGAL, a post-town, in that part of the parish of Moyacomb which is in the barony of ST. MULLIN’S NORTH, county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 14 ¼ miles (S. E. by E.) from Carlow, and 53 ½ (S. S. W.) from Dublin; containing 446 inhabitants.

It is situated on the road from Tullow to Newtownbarry, and on the river Derry, which divides it into two parts, and in 1831 comprised 76 houses. Fairs are held on July 31st, Nov. 12th and 22nd, and the first Wednesday in and the 11th of December, for cattle, fairs for the sale of frieze were formerly held on the first Wednesdays in February, March, and May, and on Ascension-day, but have been discontinued. Here is a constabulary police station. The parish church, a good modern building, is situated in the town; and there are a R. C. chapel, a place of worship for Methodists, and a handsome school-house in connection with the National Board, lately built. Here is also a castellated mansion built by the family of Esmonde, in 1625.

St. Fiaac's Church, Clonegal - Canon Nigel Waugh's web site

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