GENUKI: Kerry, Killury

KILLURY

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

"KILLURY, a parish in the barony of Clanmaurice, county Kerry, province of Munster, Ireland, 6 miles N. of Ardfert. It contains Causeway, its post town. The surface extends 5 miles in length by 3 in breadth, along the shore of the Shannon estuary, between Kerry Head and Cashen river. There is some bog, and the soil is poor. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, value £308. The church was lately built by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Rattoo and Ballyheigue. There are three day schools."

Gazetteers

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

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