GENUKI: Kerry, Killemlagh

KILLEMLAGH

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"KILLEMLAGH, a parish in the barony of Iveragh, county Kerry, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles S.W. of Cahirsiveen, its post town. It is 7 miles long by 6 broad. The surface lies along the bay to which the parish gives name, near Valentia and Bolus Head. The islands of Puffin, Bolus, and Ballinskelligs come within the limits. There is a good deal of lofty mountain land. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, value with two others, £116. There is a Roman Catholic chapel. Belville is the chief seat."

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Killemlagh from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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