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GUILCAGH, or GILCO, a parish, in the barony of Upperthird, county of Waterford, and province of Munster; containing, with the post-town of Portlaw, 921 inhabitants. It comprises 2059 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore, forming part of the union of Dunhill; the rectory is impropriate in the corporation of Waterford and the Duke of Devonshire. The tithes amount to £148. 7. 1. of which £88 is payable to the corporation, £16. 7. 1. to the Duke of Devonshire, and £44 to the vicar. The church is used as a chapel of ease to Dunhill. There are two private schools, in which about 150 children are educated. Near Coolfin are the ruins of Kilbunny church.
from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.
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| St John, Guilcagh, Church of Ireland |
| St John, Guilcagh, Church of Ireland |
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
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The entry for Guilcagh from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64
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