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GENUKI: County Kilkenny - Parish of Castlecomer |
 | | "Castlecomer", a market and post-town, and a parish, in the barony of Fassadining, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 9 1/2 miles (N.) from Kilkenny, and 46 miles (S. W.) from Dublin; containing 13,242 inhabitants, of which number, 2436 are in the town. |
 | | This town is situated on the river Deen, and on the road from Kilkenny, by Athy, to Dublin. |
 | | In the R. divisions the parish forms part of the three several unions or districts of Castlecomer, Clough, and Muckalee, the first of which comprises about one-half of it; there are four chapels belonging to these unions, on of which is in the town. |
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