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Kilbride (Kilcoursey)

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KILBRIDE-LANGAN, or CLARA, a parish, in the barony of KILCOURSEY, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, on the road from Tullamore to Athlone; containing, with the post-town of Clara, 4337 inhabitants. This parish is situated near the Grand Canal, and comprises 5375 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, of which more than one-half is good arable land, and of the remainder, about 1600 acres are profitable bog.

It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the union of Ardnorcher, and also of the perpetual curacy of Clara, in which the church is situated; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Downshire. The tithes amount to £272. 6. 1., of which £152. 6. 1. is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar, who contributes £55. 7. 8½. towards the stipend of the perpetual curate. In the R. C. divisions, also, the parish forms part of the union or district of Ardnorcher or Clara: the chapel is at Lehinch, where is a school under the patronage of the Christian Brotherhood; there is also a chapel in the town, and a larger is about to be erected. There are places of worship for Baptists, and for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists. About 45 children are taught in the parochial schools; and there are also seven private schools, in which are about 240 children.- See CLARA.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

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Churches

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NOTE: Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland says that, in 1837, there were "places of worship for Baptists, Primitive Methodists and Wesleyan Methodists" within the parish.  If you know WHERE these were located (or anything else about them), then please let us know using the contact link at the bottom of the page

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

A transcription from the The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 can be found here (transcribed by Colin Hinson).

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Land & Property

The entry for Kilbride (Kilcoursey) from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

Tithe Applotment Books 1823/37 for this parish on TNAI

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Maps

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