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County Westmeath IRELAND Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland part of the From Ireland web site©Dr. Jane Lyons From Ireland Home Page>>Co. Westmeath>>Clonarney Civil Parish, Co. Westmeath |
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Clonarney Civil Parish, Co. Westmeath, Ireland CLONARNEY, a parish in the barony of DELVIN, county of WESTMEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N. by W.) from Castletown-Delvin, on the road to Crossakeel; containing 848 inhabitants. This parish comprises 2168 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; the land is principally arable and pasture, with about 50 acres of waste or bog; here is abundance of limestone. It is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, and is part of the union of Castletown-Delvin: the tithes amount to £92 6s. 1¾d., per annum. In the R.C. divisions, it forms part of the union or district of Clonmellon. Here is a hedge school, in which 23 boys and 18 girls are educated. There are some remains of the old church, with a cemetery attached.
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