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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Rathcoole contained the following places:"RATHCOOLE, a parish and post town in the barony of Newcastle, county Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 8 miles S.W. of Dublin. The parochial surface extends over a richly cultivated district. The soil is mostly good. It becomes hilly towards the west. The road from Dublin to Naas passes through the parish. The living is a vic: in the diocese of Dublin, value with another, £220, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church has been lately repaired by the ecclesiastical commissioners. The parish is annexed to Saggard in the Roman Catholic arrangement. There are two schools and a dispensary. The village consists of one street about a quarter of a mile long, and contains a chief police station."
"CALLIAGHSTOWN, a village in the parish of Rathcoole barony of Newcastle, in the county of Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 10 miles to the S.W. of Dublin."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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