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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"ROSSINVER, a parish, partly in the barony of Carbery, county Sligo, and partly in that of Rossclogher, county Leitrim, province of Connaught, Ireland, 5½ miles S.W. of Ballyshannon. Kinlough is its post town. The parish is bounded on one side by the river Drowse, and on the N. by Donegal Bay. The soil is of a medium quality, on a subsoil of limestone. The surface is traversed by the road from Ballyshannon to Manor Hamilton. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Kilmore, value £432, in the patronage of the bishop. The Roman Catholic chapel is the head of a union. There are a parochial and four other public schools. Among the seats are Woodville House, surrounded with plantations, and Mount Prospect. Fairs are held at Kinlough."

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