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Title: History of Kilsaran union of parishes in the County of Louth, being a history of the parishes of Kilsaran, Gernonstown, Stabannon, Manfieldstown, and Dromiskin, with many particulars relating to the parishes of Richardstown, Dromin, and Darver, comprising a large section of mid-Louth
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Leslie, James B
Subjects: Church of Ireland Church of Ireland Catholic Church Catholic Church Presbyterian Church in Ireland Church history -- Ireland Louth (Ireland : County) -- Biography Louth (Ireland : County) -- History Ireland -- Biography
Publisher: Dundalk : W. Tempest
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ue him by his successor on account of Glebe improvements) be paid to, and I give, leave and bequeath ye same to be paid by my said Executor hereafter named, into the hands of the Minister and Churchwardens of the said parish of Dromiskin for the time being, to be by them and their successors from time to time put out and placed at interest thereof from time to time for ever to be disposed of for the cloathing and education of poor children, boys or girls, of the said parish, in order to their being taught to read and write English and instructed in the principles of the Church of Ireland as now by law established. In the Diocesan Registry for 1727-8 we find a renunciation by Owen MKitterick, of Dromiskin, of the R.C. Church. Isaac Butler writes in 1744 :— At Milltown, in the parish of Drumiskin, there is a wonder-ful cave, which, say the inhabitants, runs for three milesunder ground to the old church of Clogher, but the entranceis so choked up that it would take two mens work in one
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Dromiskin Roman Catholic Church. ■. Dundalk.) p 200 iSth Century Notices. Darver. 201 day to open it. (Clogherhead is 13 miles distant, but perhapsit is the Tower (Cto^^f) at Dromiskin that is meant. SeeO.S.L., p. 173). The parish of Ballyheney (Heynestown) joins it. Thereis here a church with a large house. (? Clermont, or thecastle close to the church). Lurgan Race, a fine beach and the sea in full view, whichfrom the mountains beyond Dundalk to Dunany Point forma spacious Bay, where at low water they have a large strandabounding with cockle fish. Extracts from Vestry Books.—In 1748 George Rankin wasParish Clerk and Schoolmaster. From 1765 the VestryBooks have been carefully preserved. Probably it is owingto the care taken of them by the late Rector, Rev. J. Chamney,that they have not been lost to the Church, as those of theother parishes in the Union have been. Darver, it may behere noted, was united to and held with Dromiskin from 1734to 1831 : probably because the ancient chu

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