In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Dunnamaggan like this:
DONEMAGAN, a parish, in the barony of KELLS, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Callan, on the King's river; containing 1162 inhabitants. It comprises 3447 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; and is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Knocktopher : the tithes amount to £184. ...
12. 3 ¾. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a district, which also comprises the parishes of Kilree, Ballytobin, and Kilmoganny, and part of Kells; and contains the chapels of Donemagan and Kilmoganny. About 115 children are educated in two private schools, and a Sunday school is held in the R. C. chapel.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dunnamaggan, in and County Kilkenny | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27263
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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