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In 1868, the parish of Donaghmore contained the following places:"DONAGHMORE, a parish in the barony of Upper Talbotstown, in the county of Wicklow, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Baltinglass. Donard is its post town. It is situated on the banks of the river Slaney, and at the base of Brusselstown Hill. The surface is mountainous and broken, having some considerable summits and a large tract of bog. The soil is good. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, value £385, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church was rebuilt in 1711, and had the addition of a tower in 1821. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Donard and Dunlavin. Here is a school assisted by the Erasmus charity, another connected with the Society for Discountenancing Vice, and five or six other daily schools. The principal seats are Ballinclea and Coolmoney. At Castleruddery are Druidical remains and a large Danish rath. Spear-heads and other relics have been ploughed up here."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018