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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Portmarnock contained the following places:"PORTMARNOCK, a parish in the barony of Coolock, county Dublin, province of, Leinster, Ireland. Cloghran is its post town. It is a station on the Dublin and Drogheda line. The greater proportion of the soil is good. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Dublin, value £112, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church was a gift from the late Board of First Fruits in 1788. There is a day school. Portmarnock House is one among the several seats in this parish. Near the village stands Robs-Wall, a small castle, built some three centuries ago, by the chieftain MacRoebuck of the De Birminghams."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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