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| | Ardfert Civil Parish, Co. Kerry, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons |
 | | ARDFERT, a decayed borough and market town, and a parish, in the barony of CLANMAURICE, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (N.N.W.) from Tralee, and 144½ (S. by W.) from Dublin; containing 3585 inhabitants, of which number, 717 are in the town. |
 | | The corporation, under the title of "The Portreeve, Burgesses, and Freemen of the Borough of Ardfert, in the county of Kerry" consisted of a portreeve, twelve burgesses, and an unlimited number of freemen. |
 | | The church consists, of the south transept of the old cathedral: it is served by a perpetual curate, whose stipend, payable by the dignitaries, has been recently augmented by one-fifth of the rectory, and a portion of the glebe, which formerly constituted part of the endowment of the archdeaconry. |
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