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County Galway
Ireland
Extra Parochial Places
Derrybrien or Derry Brien
descriptions from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
DERRYBRIEN, an extra-parochial place, in the barony of LOUGHREA, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, about 9 miles (S.) of Loughrea ; containing 907 inhabitants.
It consists of a range of mountains of the same name, extending from Gort to Woodford, and partly separating the southern part of the county from Clare : there is a good road over them from Woodford to Gort.
Here is a Roman Catholic chapel, dependent on that of Killeenadeema
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