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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2018 ]
"KILROSSANTY, a parish in the barony of Decies-without-Drum, county Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles W.S.W. of Kilmacthomas, its post town. It is 7 miles long by 4 broad. The surface is chiefly mountainous, comprising parts of the Commeragh and Monovoulagh mountains. The interior is intersected by the road from Waterford to Cork. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lismore, value £474, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built by means of a gift from the late Board of First Fruits, and from John Palliser. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Fews. There is a meeting-house of the Irish Evangelical Society; also two National and two other day schools."
"GLENDALIGAN, a village in the parish of Kilrossanty, barony of Decies-without-Drum, county Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland."
"BALLYCAROGUE, a village in the barony of Decies-without-Drum, in the county of Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles from Kilmacthomas. Here are some remains of a castle, and a curious rock which has earned for itself the title of the Speaking-stone." [This is Ballykeroge]