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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilbryan contained the following places:"KILBRYAN, a parish in the barony of Boyle, county Roscommon, province of Connaught, Ireland, 4 miles N.E. of Boyle, its post town. The parish is 5 miles long by 1½ mile broad. It contains a great portion of Lough Key. This lough, with its islands, is the most attractive feature of the parish. On Trinity Island there are ruins of an abbey founded in the 7th century, where the annals of Lough Key were kept. On Inchmacnerin are monastic ruins supposed to be those of an establishment founded by St. Columb; and on Castle Island are the remains of MacDermot's castle. Church Island also contains ruins. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Elphin, value £90, in the patronage of the bishop. This parish belongs to the Roman Catholic district of Boyle. There are three day schools. Rockingham is the seat of Lord Lorton.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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