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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Liskinfere contained the following places:"LISKINFERE, a parish and post-office village in the barony of Gorey, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles S.W. of Gorey. The parish is about 3 miles in length, and the same in breadth. The surface consists very generally of a good soil, and drains toward the N.W. into the river Bann. The road from Dublin to Wexford traverses the interior, upon which stands the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ferns, value £655, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected by aid of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits in 1831. There is a day school. Mountforest, Ballinclay, Barnadown, and Moneylawn are the principal residences.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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