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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Mohill contained the following places:

"MOHILL, a parish, post and market town, in the baronies of Leitrim and Mohill, county Leitrim and part in the county of Roscommon, province of Connaught, Ireland. The parish is 13 miles in length, and its extreme breadth is 4 miles, containing part of the village of Rooskey. The river Shannon traces part of the western border. The Eslin and Rinn are streams of the interior, which is also diversified by several lakes. The town is situated near the Shannon river, 5 miles N.W. of Longford, and 95 from Dublin. It consists of one principal street, containing several good shops. It is a prosperous little town, enjoying a fair share of trade, besides a very considerable traffic in corn, yarn, &c. It contains chief police and revenue stations, a dispensary, poorhouse, fever hospital, loan fund, and newsrooms. It is governed by the county magistrates, and petty sessions are held every fortnight. An abbey was founded here in 608, called St. Manachan's Abbey. Mohill Poorlaw Union contains 13 electoral divisions in county Leitrim. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ardagh, value £707, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is a plain old building, standing in the town, and was restored in 1815 by means of a sum lent by the late Board of First Fruits. There are a large Roman Catholic chapel and a Methodist chapel; also a school under the National Board, and several other daily schools. Thursday is market day. Fairs are held on the 12th January, 2nd and 25th February, 16th March, 13th April, 8th May, 1st June, 6th and 31st July, 17th August, 14th September, 19th October, 9th November, and 7th December."

"RUSKEY, (or Rooskey), a post and market town, partly in the parish and barony of Mohill, county Leitrim, province of Leinster, and partly in the parish of Termonbarry, barony of Ballintober, county Roscommon, province of Connaught, Ireland, 8 miles N.W. of Longford, and 66 N.W. of Dublin. It is situated on the river Shannon, and on the road from Dublin to Sligo. It contains Termonbarry church, a Roman Catholic chapel, and a police station. Petty sessions are held once a fortnight. A nine-arched bridge crosses the Shannon at this point.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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