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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Killary contained the following places:"KILLARY, (or Killeary, or Killarvey), a parish in the barony of Lower Slane, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles S.S.E. of Nobber. Pilltown is its post town. It is 4 miles long by 1½ mile broad. The surface is drained by the Keiran, a tributary to the river Dee. It consists of a good soil. The parish is traversed by the road from Navan to Ardee. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, value £150, in the patronage of the crown. The Roman Catholic chapel here is united to those of Heronstown and Syddan. There are four or five day schools. Parsonstown is the principal residence.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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