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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Rosenallis contained the following places:"ROSENALLIS, (or Oregan), a parish in the barony of Tinnahinch, Queen's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, containing the chief portion of the post town of Mountmellick. The parochial surface includes part of the Slieve-Bloom mountains. The river Barrow passes through the interior, as does also the road from Erno to Birr. There is much bog. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Kildare, value £575. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, a police station, and several schools. Capard is among the chief seats. See also Mountmellick.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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