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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Dunmore contained the following places:"DUNMORE, a parish in the barony of Fassadinin, in the county of Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.W. of Kilkenny, its post town. It is situated upon the river Nore, and near the South-Eastern railway. The surface is slightly hilly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ossory, value £179, in the patronage of the crown. The church is about 200 years old, and was repaired by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and four day schools in the union. Dunmore Park is the seat of the Marquis of Ormond. Here is a very fine stalactite cave, containing two or three compartments, which has never been wholly explored. Limestone is quarried."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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