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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Kilmenan like this:
KILMENAN, a parish, in the barony of FASSADINING, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER. 2 ¾ miles (S. by W.) from Ballynakill, near the river Nore; containing 316 inhabitants, and 1014 statute acres. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Attanagh; the tithes amount to £60. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Ballyragget.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilmenan, in and County Kilkenny | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/28547
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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