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| | Killely, Killeely or Meelick Civil Parish, Counties Clare & Limerick, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons |
 | | KILLELY, KILLEELY, or MEELICK, partly within the north liberties of the city of LIMERICK, but chiefly in the barony of BUNRATTY, county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles (N. W.) from Limerick city, on the mail road to Ennis, and on the river Shannon ; containing 5141 inhabitants. |
 | | The church, a small plain structure, is picturesquely situated at Meelick ; it was built by the grandmother of the present Marquess of Conyngham, and subsequently made parochial ; it is now undergoing a thorough repair, a grant of £220 having been made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for that purpose. |
 | | In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is partly in the district of Meelick, and partly in that of Thomond Gate, or St. |
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