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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilculliheen contained the following places:"KILCULLIHEEN, a parish in the barony of Gaultiere, in the county of Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 1 mile N.E. of Waterford, its post town, and partly within the limits of that city. It is 3 miles long and 1 mile broad. The surface, which consists of a fair soil, extends along the banks of the Suir. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ossory, value with Macully, £107, in the patronage of the Bishop of Cashel. The church was built in 1823 by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Rathpatrick and Kilmakevogue. Here are two day schools. New Park is the residence of Sir J. Newport, Bart. The parish is the site of a nunnery founded by Dermot Mac-Murrough in 1161; it formed a cell to the nunnery of St. Mary de Hogges, at Dublin.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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