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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Straboe contained the following places:"STRABOE, a parish in the barony of Maryborough, Queen's County, province of Leinster Ireland, 2 miles N.N.E. of Maryborough. Mountmellick is its post town. The surface is intersected by the river Trihogue, a tributary of the Barrow. There is some bog, and limestone is worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Leighlin, value with Maryborough, £485, in the patronage of the bishop. Ruins of the church are remaining. On the site of Castle Morett are the ruins of an ancient mansion."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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