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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.
(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Guilcagh IrlPar Upperthird IrlBarony Waterford IrlC |
Place names: | GILCO | GUILCAGH | GUILCAGH OR GILCO |
Place: | Guilcagh |
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