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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Outrath like this:
OUTRATH, a parish, in the barony of SHILLELOGHER, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, l ½ mile (S.) from Kilkenny; containing 1529 inhabitants, and comprising 2008 statute acres. It is a prebend, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Inchiolaghan and of the corps of the chancellorship of Ossory: the tithes amount to £200. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of St. Patrick's, and contains the chapel of Grange. About 50 children are educated in a private school.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Outrath, in and County Kilkenny | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27115
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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