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County Limerick
Ireland
Civil Parishes
Kilbehenny(aka Kilbeheny)
description from Lewis's Topographical Directory of Ireland, 1837
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KILBEHENNY, or KILBENNY, a parish, in the barony of COSTLEA, county of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (E.N.E.) from Mitchelstown Co. Cork), on the road from that place to Limerick city ; containing 3507 inhabitants.
It comprises much light land and a well-planted glen extending among the hills to the Galtee mountains, on the highest of which, called Galtee More, which separates this parish from that of Galbally, is a lake.
The Earl of Kingston's beautiful seat, the Mountain Lodge, with its extensive demesne, is in this parish; as is also Lord Massy's lodge, with its fine woods and grounds.
The parish is in the diocese of Emly; the rectory forms part of the union of Duntrileague, and corps of the prebend of Killenellick in the cathedral of Emly: the tithes amount to £400.
In the Roman Catholic divisions, with the exception of a small part included in the district of Mitchelstown, it forms a separate union or district, in which are two chapels.
About 150 children are educated in two private schools.
Some remains
of the ancient church still exist on the northern bank of the River Funcheon.
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