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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Clonea contained the following places:"CLONEA, a parish in the barony of Decies-without-Drum, in the county of Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles N.E. of Dungarvon. Stradbally is its post town. This parish lies partly along the coast of Clones Bay. The soil is light, and a fine hard turf is obtained on the beach below the sands. Limestone is quarried in the interior. Copper and lead ores are also found on the beach. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lismore, value with Stradbally, £499, in the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire. Here is a Roman Catholic chapel united to those of Colligan and Kilgobnet, and a day school. Clonea Castle is the principal seat."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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