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County Offaly (King's Co.), Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Croghan
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
CROGHAN, a parish, in the barony of LOWER PHILLIPSTOWN, KING’S county, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (N.) from Philipstown; containing 842 inhabitants.
It is situated
on the road from Edenderry to Tyrrel’s-Pass ; the surface
is flat and overspread with bogs. The only eminence is Croghan Hill,
on the confines of the county of Westmeath, which is celebrated by
Spencer, in his 'Fairy Queen'; it is clothed with verdure, and
forms a striking object in so flat a district. The land is principally in
pasture and appropriated to the feeding of store sheep and cattle; and part
of the female population are employed in spinning worsted.
Near it is Clonerle, the beautiful seat of W. Magan, Esq., the demesne of which is embellished with rich plantations.
The living is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, and is sequestrated
in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners: the tithes amount to £82, payable
to the Commissioners, and the occasional duties of the parish are performed
by the vicar of the adjoining parish of Kilclonfert. There is neither
church nor glebe-house.
A school is
supported by local subscriptions, affording instruction to about 160 boys
and 130 girls. At the base of Croghan Hill are the remains of the church,
which was formerly a chapel belonging to the ancestors of Lord Tullamore,
on whose estate it is situated.
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