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"CARRAGH, (or Caragh), a parish in the barony of Clane, in the county of Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles to the N-W. of Naas. It lies in a fertile and cultivated country on the banks of the river Liffey. The Grand canal passes near it. There are extensive flour-mills at Yeomanstown. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, Glendalagh, and Kildare, value with two other benefices, £149, in the patronage of the archbishop. There is no church. Donore and Yeomanstown are among the chief residences in the vicinity."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018
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The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
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The entry for Carragh from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64
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