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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Painestown contained the following places:"PAINESTOWN, a parish partly in the barony and county of Carlow, and partly in the barony of Kilkea, county Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N. of Carlow, its post town. The parish is 2 miles long, and 1½ mile broad. The surface extends along the left bank of the river Barrow. The soil is indifferent, though well cultivated. It is traversed by the road from Carlow to Athy. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Leighlin, value £21, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected in 1834. Oak-Park and New-Garden House are the chief residences."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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