KILLAGHY, a parish, in the barony of CRANAGH, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (S. W.) from Freshford: the population is included in the return for Tullaroan.
This parish comprises 1564 statute acres : it is a rectory, in the diocese of Ossory, and entirely impropriety in J. Butler Stopford, Esq. The tithes amount to £105.
(Note: In the Roman Catholic divisions, according to Lewis, this parish is part of the union of Kilmacow. He does not mention that in his article on Killaghy)
An abbey is
suppose to have been founded here in 548. Near the old church are some remains
of the house or castle of Kilaghy, belonging to a branch of the Grace
family.
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