In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Kilvine like this:
KILVINE, a parish, in the barony of CLANMORRIS, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 4 ½ miles (N. W.) from Dunmore, on the road to Ballinrobe; containing 1925 inhabitants. It comprises 5670 statute acres, principally under tillage, and contains a great quantity of bog and some waste land. ...
The principal seats are Cartown, the residence of J. Sheridan, Esq.; Killan, of F.French, Esq.; Rockfort, of T. Sheridan, Esq.; and Oldtown Cottage, of W. Bourke, Esq. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, and in the patronage of the Archbishop; the tithes amount to £116. 6. 1 ¾. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Ballindangan. About 110 children are educated in a private school.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilvine, in and County Mayo | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28593
Date accessed: 17th May 2024
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