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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Templeboy contained the following places:"TEMPLEBOY, a parish in the barony of Tyreragh, county Sligo, province of Connaught, Ireland, 3 miles E.S.E. of Dromore. Killala is its post town. The parish, which lies near the mouth of Sligo Bay, is very mountainous, and comprises Some extent of bog. The soil is generally fertile. Aughris Head is a promontory on .the coast. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Killala, value with Kilmacshalgan, £320, in the patronage of the bishop. There are five private schools. Building stone and slate are quarried. The principal residences are Dunowla, Sea-view House, Cork Hill, Grange, and Donahantra. A priory was founded at Akeras in 1280 by the MacDonalds."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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