description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

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Thomastown BMD refs

1840's Ballylynch Bridge Site Centered Town Map at Past Homes

Ballylinch Civil Parish Griffiths Primary Valuation Name Index. Sept 1849

BALLYLINCH, a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N.) from Thomastown; containing 298 inhabitants.

It forms part of the estate of Mount Juliet, and comprises 165 statute acres.

It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, and is included in the union of Burnchurch ; the rectory is a sub-denomination forming part of the Mount Juliet demesne. The tithes amount to £96, and are payable to the incumbent.

In the Roman Catholic divisions it is comprehended in the union or district of Thomastown.

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