Ballickmoyler village, Killabban Civil Parish, County Laois, Ireland

BALLICKMOYLER, a village, in the parish of KILLEBAN (Killabban/Killabbin), barony of SLIEUMARGE, QUEEN'S county, and province of Leinster, 5 miles (S.S.W.) from Athy (Co. Kildare), on the road from Maryborough (Portlaoise) to Carlow; containing 249 inhabitants.

This place was, previously to the disturbances in 1798, rapidly increasing in extent and prosperity, and had obtained a patent for holding a weekly market; but during that calamitous period more than half of it was laid in ruins and its market abandoned. The village contains about 40 houses; and there are some gentlemen's seats in the vicinity, which are described in the article on the parish. Fairs are held on March 16th and Nov. 11th, and petty sessions every Wednesday. The village is the chief constabulary police station for the barony, and contains a dispensary.

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