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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Narraghmore contained the following places:"NARRAGHMORE, a parish in the baronies of East Narragh_and_Reban, West Narragh_and_Reban, Kilkea, and Moone, county Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N. of Ballitore, its post town. It is 7 miles long by 2', broad. The surface is somewhat hilly, including the hill of Carmen. The river Greis traverses part of the interior. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, value £506, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church has recently been put into repair. There are two Roman Catholic chapels and a National school; also a police station. Narraghmore House, the chief residence, was burnt down in 1798. Blackrath Castle and the fort of Mullamast are interesting objects of antiquity."
"CARMEN, a hamlet in the parish of Narraghmore, barony of Kilkea and Moone, in the county of Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland, not far from Ballitore."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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