KILMORE

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

"KILMORE, a parish and post-office village in the barony of Upper Deece, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles E.S.E. of Summerhill. It is 4 miles long by 3 broad. The soil is generally good. The Moynalty stream drains, and the road from Summerhill to Dublin traverses, the interior. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value £278, in the patronage of the crown. There are an old church, a Roman Catholic chapel united to that of Gaultrim, and two schools, in the parish. In the vicinity are several seats."

"MOYNALVY, a village in the parish of Kilmore, in the barony of Upper Deece, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles E. of Summerhill. It gives name to a Roman Catholic parish."

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