Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILMODUMOGE

KILMODUMOGE, a parish, in the barony of FASSADINING, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 5 ¼ miles (S. by W.) from Castlecomer; containing 985 inhabitants. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Mothell; the tithes amount to £157. 14. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Muckalee. About 30 children are educated in a private school.


(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.)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kilmademoge IrlPar       Fassadinin IrlBarony       Kilkenny IrlC
Place: Kilmademoge

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