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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Ettagh contained the following places:
"ETTAGH, a parish in the baronies of Ballybrit and Clonlisk, King's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, 6 miles S.E. of Birr. Roscrea is its post town. It lies at the W. side of the Slievebloom mountains, and has a medium soil. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Killaloe, value £132, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits in 1813. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Kilcoleman. There are six day schools. Shinrone is the principal residence."
"COOLDERRY, two small places of this name, one in King's County, the other in Monaghan, Ireland."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2018]