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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Nohaval contained the following places:

"NOHAVAL, a parish in the barony of Kinalea, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles E. of Kinsale, its post town. It is 3 miles long by 1½ mile broad. The surface is well cultivated. The parish is crossed by the road from Kinsale to Roberts Cove. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Cork, value £87, in the patronage of the Archdeacon of Cork. The church is about a century old. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Tracton. There are a Sunday and two or three day schools. Nohaval House and Nohaval Lodge are the principal residences. Near the coast stands the ruins of a signal-tower on Barry Head. Slate is quarried in the vicinity."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018