|
'Kilcroan, par., NE. co. Galway, on river Suck, 2 miles SW. of Ballymoe ry. sta., 7701 ac., pop. 1347.
Kllcrohane. — par. and hamlet, SW. co. Cork, between Bantry and Dunmanus Bays, 13 miles SW. of Bantry, 14,587 ac., pop. 2565 ; P.O., called Kilcrohan. —2. Kllcrohane, par., SAV. co. Kerry, on Kenmare River, 62,912 ac., pop. 8295; contains Sneem.
Kilcronaghan, par., S. co. Londonderry, on river Moyola, 2 miles E. of Draperstown, 7979 ac., pop. 2634.
Kilcruinp, Whitechurch par., mid. co. Waterford; has black marble quarries.
Kilcruinper, par., NE. co. Cork, 2 miles N. of Fer- moy, 3515 ac., pop. 510.
Kilciillane, par., mid. co. Limerick, 3 miles NE. of Bruff, 1389 ac., pop. 657.
Kilcnllen.—town and par., E. co. Kildare, on river Liffey, 5 miles S. of Newbridge ry. sta.—par., 7330 ac., pop. 1757; town, pop. 783 ; P.O., T.o., 1 Bank. Market- day, Saturday. Some ruins of Old Kilcullen, once a walled town, crown an eminence, 2 miles to the S.— 2. Kilcnllen, bar., E. co. Kildare, 8478 ac., pop. 1916.
Kilculliheen.—bar., E. co. AVaterford, 2137 ac., pop. 875.-2. Kilculliheen, par., E. co. Waterford, and. partly within the city of AVaterford, 2237 ac., pop. 1907.
Kilcully, par., in co. and 3 miles N. of Cork, 1760 ac., pop. 329.
Kilcniuiuer, par., NE. co. Cork, on rivers Awbeg and Blackwater, 2 miles S. of Castletownroche, 2612 ac., pop. 316.
Kilcnnunin.—par., W. co. Galway, between Kil- kieran Bay and Lough Corrib, 98,509 ac., pop. 9147; contains Oughterard.—2. Kilcummin, par. and ham- let, E. co. Kerry, 4 miles NE. of Killarney, 38,952 ac., pop. 6316; P.O.—3. Kilcummin, seat, 6 miles NE. of Banagher, N. Kings co.—4. Kilcummin, par., N. co. Mayo, on Killala Bay, 4 miles NE. of Ballycastle, 4195 ac., pop. 1465 ; contains Rathlacken.
Kilcumny, par., N. co. Westmeath, 2918 ac., pop. 445; contains Collinstown.
Kilcumreragh, par., Kings co. and co. AVestmeath, 4 miles N. of Clara, 9257 ac., pop. 1492.
Kilcnnny, vil., co. Oavan. See KlLCONNY.
Kilcnrry, 3 miles from Forkill, S. co. Armagh, on river Kilcurry; P.O.
KiMacommoge, par., mid. co. Mayo, 5 miles NE. of Castlebar, 7552 ac., pop. 2663.
Kildale, par. and ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, 6 m. W. of Castleton, and 17 m. NE. of Stockton, 5192 ac., pop. 280 ; P.O.; contains the seat of Kildale Hall.
Kildalkey, par., hamlet, and seat, W. co. Meath, 3J miles S. of Athboy, 10,415 ac., pop. 1691; P.O.
Kildalloig, seat, in par. and 3 miles SE. of Camp- beltown, Kintyre, Argyllshire, on the coast.
Kildallon, par., AV. co. Cavan, 2 miles NW. of Killashandra, 11,980 ac., pop. 2167.
Kildalton, par. and seat, in SE. of Islay island, Argyllshire—par., 47,152 ac., pop. 2270; the seat is 5 miles NE. of Port Ellen.
Kildangan, par., in AV. of co. and 4 miles SW. of Kildare, on river Barrow, 1008 ac., pop. 125 ; P.O.
Kildaragh, school, Clonahorky par., co. Donegal.
Kildare.—inland co. of Leinster province, Ireland; is bounded N. by co. Meath, E. by cos. Dublin and Wicklow, S. by co. Carlow, and W. by Queens and Kings cos.; greatest length, N. and S., 42 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 28 miles ; average breadth, 15 miles; area, 418,496 ac. (994 water), or 2 per cent, of the total area of Ireland; pop. 75,804, of whom 87‘0 per cent, are Roman Catholics, 112 Episcopalians, 1*0 Presbyterians, and 0'5 Methodists. The surface is mostly fiat, and there is much excellent land, both arable and pasture. The NW. division of the co. belongs to the Bog of Allen. Much of the soil consists of a fine, dry loam, on a sandy bottom. The Curragh Common is a fine, extensive sheep-walk. (For agricul- tural statistics, see Appendix.) Fine marble is quarried to the W. of the town of Kildare. The rivers are the Liffey in the NE., the Boyne on the NW. border, and the Barrow on the W. The co. is traversed by the Grand Canal and its branches, by the Royal Canal on the N. border, and by the lines of the Great Southern and Western and the Midland Great Western railways. Agriculture is the chief industry; cotton, woollens, and Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Public domain image from Gedcomindex.com
|
Click on the image to get a large bitmap suitable for printing (45 MB) |