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Parroquia

Aghancon

Achadh Cinn Chon

23

Localidades

1,691

Registros censales

320

Hogares

3

Años del censo

1821 Censo
Personas
460
Hogares
68
1901 Censo
Personas
667 +45%
Hogares
130 +91.2%
1911 Censo
Personas
564 -15.4%
Hogares
122 -6.2%

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AGHANCON, a parish, partly in the barony of CLONLISK, but chiefly in that of BALLYBRITT, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 3 ½ miles (N.) from Roscrea, on the road from Parsonstown to Mountrath; containing 1378 inhabitants. It comprises 3000 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the land is mostly poor, and the state of agriculture is not much improved; there is some bog, and gritstone used for building is found. The principal seats are Leap Castle, the residence of H. Darby, Esq.; and Summer Hill, of F. Freeman, Esq. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £150. The church is a neat edifice in good repair: it was built in 1786, at the joint expense of Dr. Pery, then Bishop of Limerick, and Jonathan Darby, Esq., with the aid of a gift of £390 from the late Board of First Fruits. The glebe-house was built by the late incumbent, and has been much improved and enlarged at the expense of the Rev. R. M. Kennedy, the present incumbent; the glebe comprises 15 acres. The parochial school, in which 22 boys and 17 girls are at present taught, is supported by Mr. Darby; the school-house is a good slated building near the church. There are also two private pay schools, in which are about 50 boys and 30 girls. The ruins of Ballybrit castle yet exist; and on the townland of Garryhill is a mineral spring.

Source: Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)

Condado

Offaly

Baronía

Ballybritt

Nombre en irlandés

Achadh Cinn Chon

Localidades

23 localidades

Ubicación de la parroquia

Aghancon OpenStreetMap

Detalles

Inglés
Aghancon
Irlandés
Achadh Cinn Chon
Baronía
Ballybritt
Condado
Offaly

Registros censales

Localidades 23