Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILLASPIGMULLANE, or KILMULLANE, but generally known as BALLYVINNY

KILLASPIGMULLANE, or KILMULLANE, but generally known as BALLYVINNY, a parish, in the barony of BARRYMORE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (S.) from Rathcormac, on the road from Cork to Dublin; containing 600 inhabitants. It comprises 2961 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £1267 per annum. There is no waste land, and the soil, though shallow, is fertile. The principal seats are Trantstown, the residence of Mrs. Pepper, and Ballingohig, of T. Cleary, Esq. It is a prebend in St. Finbarr's cathedral, Cork, united from time immemorial to the rectories of Kilquane, Cannaway, Templeusque, and Ballydelohar, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £369. 4. 7 ½., and of the entire union, to £1227. 14. 7. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Ardnageehy, or Watergrass Hill.


(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Killaspugmullane IrlPar       Barrymore IrlBarony       Cork IrlC
Place names: KILLASPIGMULLANE     |     KILLASPIGMULLANE OR KILMULLANE BUT GENERALLY KNOWN AS BALLYVINNY     |     KILMULLANE BUT GENERALLY KNOWN AS BALLYVINNY
Place: Killaspugmullane

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