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Laois Genealogy Home Page>>Laois Places(Lewis Topographical Dictionary Index) >>Clonagheen
19th Century Laois Maps at Past Homes
Clonagheen Civil Parish, County Laois, Ireland
It is situated on the road from Dublin to Limerick, and is bounded on the south-west by the river Nore, over which is a neat bridge, here called the Poor Man's Bridge. There is a large tract of valuable bog.
It is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, and is part of the union of Clonenagh, for which and Clonagheen there is but one composition of tithes.
The schools are also noticed under the head of that parish.
In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Mountrath
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