In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Keenagh like this:
KENAGH, or KENAUGHT, a village, in that part of the parish of KILCOMMICK which is in the barony of RATHCLINE, county of LONGFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 6 miles (S. by E.) from Longford, on the road from that place to Athlone; containing 81 houses and 396 inhabitants. It is a constabulary police station, and has a fair on Oct. ...
19th. Petty sessions are held every Tuesday, and a manorial court occasionally by a seneschal appointed by the Countess Dowager of Rosse. The church, a handsome building, was erected here in 1833, by Lady Rosse, at an expense of £2000. Here are also a Primitive Methodist meeting-house, parochial schools (principally supported by Lady Rosse), and a dispensary.—See KILCOMMICK.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Keenagh, in and County Longford | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29499
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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