COLLUMBKILL,
a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN, county of KILKENNY,
and province of LEINSTER, 1 ½ miles (N. E.) from Thomastown
; containing 779 inhabitants.
This parish
is situated on the road from Thomastown to Greig, and
contains 7113 statute acres. Kilmurry is the seat of Lord
Chief Justice Bushe.
It is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Ossory, and is part of the union of Thomastown ; the
tithes amount to £278.
In the
Roman Catholic divisions also it forms part of the union or
district of Thomastown; the chapel is at Murg. There are
two private schools in which are about 60 boys and 50 girls.
