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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Rower contained the following places:"ROWER, (or Roar), a parish in the barony of Ida, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. of Inistioge. Bridgetown is its post town. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Barrow and Nore. There is a considerable extent of mountain and bog. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Ossory, in the patronage of the bishop. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Inistioge. Here are a parochial and a private school. In this parish are ruins of Coolkill castle, and traces of cromlechs.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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