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County Galway
Ireland
Civil Parishes
Kilbeaconty or Kilveconty (aka Kilbeacanty)
descriptions from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
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KILBEACONTY, or KILVECONTY, a parish, in the barony of KILTARTAN, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2½ miles (N.N.E.) from Gort, on the road from that place to Portumna ; containing 4544 inhabitants.
This parish comprises 6422 statute acres, and includes Russane, the seat of Captain Laluffe; Fort Hill, of J. Burke, Esq. ; and Cluane, of Burke Eyre, Esq.
It is in the diocese of Kilmacduagh ; the rectory is partly appropriate to the archdeaconry, and partly, with the vicarage, forms a portion of the union and corps of the deanery of Kilmacduagh. The tithes amount to £195, of which £20 is payable to the archdeacon, and £175 to the dean.
The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and has a thatched chapel. About 120 children are educated in three private schools.
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