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COUNTY Laois, (Queen's county, Leix) Ireland

Parish of Attanagh

Attanagh is a small parish in the Barony of Clarmallagh on the Laois/Kilkenny border, it spreads into Co. Kilkenny. The parishes of Durrow and Rosconnell border it on the Laois side. It belongs to the Poor Law Unions of Abbeyleix in Laois and that of Castlecomer in Co. Kilkenny. These are also the civil registration district of Abbeyleix for purposes of acquiring copies of birth, marriage or death information from the Irish Civil Registers.

Description - History of the Queen's County

Description - Topographical Index of Ireland, 1837 - Lewis

Tithe Applotment Books - name index

Griffiths Evaluation - index

1901 census - Heads of Households index

1911 census - Heads of Households index

Roman Catholic parish records

Townlands of this parish - there are only three in county Laois according to the main resources and no variations of these spellings have been found to date (Aug. 2003). The townlands are Ballynafunshin, Glebe and Grenan.

Graveyards of this parish : Attanagh partial index