KILLEDAN

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

"KILLEDAN, a parish in the barony of Gallen, county Mayo, province of Connaught, Ireland, 7 miles S.W. of Swineford, its post town. It is 5 miles long by 3 broad, and contains the villages of Kiltamagh and Newtown-Brown. The surface has a considerable proportion of hilly pasture and bog, but the arable soil is good. The river Guishden effects the drainage towards the N. The road from Swineford to Ballina crosses the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Achonry, value with Buhola, £296, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, which is at Ballinamore, was built by Mr. Ormesby in 1780. There is a Roman Catholic chapel; also five day schools. Killedan House, Annagh-hill, and Ballinamore are the principal residences. A Franciscan friary formerly stood here."

"KILTAMAGH, a post-office village in the parish of Killedan, in the barony of Gallen, county Mayo, province of Connaught, Ireland, 7 miles S.S. W. of Swineford. Here is a dispensary within the Swineford Poor-law Union."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018