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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Skirk contained the following places:"SKIRK, (or Skeike), a parish in the barony of Clanconagh, Queen's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles S.S.W. of Borris-in-Ossory. Gowran is its post town. The soil is mostly of good quality, and the road from Borris-in-Ossory to Templemore traverses the interior. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ossory, value £377, in the patronage of the crown. There is a church, erected in 1831, partly by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. The parish is united to that of Rathdowney in the Roman Catholic arrangement. There are a public and a private school. Skirk Cottage and Ballymeelish are the principal residences. There are remains of the castle of Garran, and traces of a Druidical circle and cromlech.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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