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County Limerick
Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Clonkeen
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
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CLONKEEN, a parish in the barony of CLANWILLIAM, county of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 5½ miles (E. by S.) from Limerick city ; containing 628 inhabitants.
This parish is situated on the road from Limerick to Abington, and contains 2496 statute acres as applotted under the tithe act. The soil is fertile, and the land well cultivated, producing abundant crops. The houses are generally good, and mostly surrounded with gardens and orchards, particularly near Barrington Bridge, where several neat cottages, and an hotel, and post-office have recently been erected, a police station established, and numerous other improvements made.
The parish is in the diocese of Emly, and the rectory is appropriate to the Archbishop of Cashel’s mensal. The church, which is of Saxon or early Norman architecture, of which the western doorway is a very fine specimen, was much injured by the Whiteboys in 1762, and has not been repaired: that at Abington is used by the parishioners.
In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Murroe.
There is a school, in which about 100 boys and 40 girls are taught.
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