Ireland/Irish > Black's guide to Killarney and the south of Ireland

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FROM DUBIilN TO CORK, &c.—Continued.
style to'be found in the
United Kingdom.
sent two members to
Parliament. “ The
heath of Maryborough
was the original de¬
mesne of the O’Mores,
chiefs, Laoighois or
Leix; in it was fought
a memorable battle
betwixt the people of
Munster and those of
Leinster, about the
middle of the 6th cen-
-Ct Mountkath, 4
m. distant. A post-
town, founded in the
17th century by one
of the Coote family.
Gave the title of Earl
to the family until the
death of Sir Charles
Coote’s kinsman, the
last Earl, in 1803.
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Kilkrickan St.
FOR MOUNTRATH
AND CASTLETOWN.
59$
Abbeyleix, 6 m. dis¬
tant. ConoghorO’More
founded a Cistertian
monastery in the 12th
century. Queen Eli¬
zabeth granted it to
the Earl of Ormonde.
tt Castletown,
m. distant.
2 104f
101i
cr. River Nore.
IBallybrophy.
White, Esq.
Ballymeelish, Bar¬
ker Thacker, Esq.
fioscEEA, 8 m. distant.
A fair and post town.
“The Church has a
curious Gothic frontis¬
piece at the west end;
near it stands one of
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Ballybrophy.
FOR ROSCREA AND
BORRIS.
Borrts-in-Ossory, 2
m. distant. A fair
town. The Lords of
Ossory had a castle for
the defence of the pass
of Munster.
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63
671
Aghaboe House and
Abbey. The name is
derived from JcAei
toe, or ox-field. In the
6th century St. Canice
founded a monastery
here. He was son of
a poet, Laidee, cele¬
brated in his day. He
wrote a life of St. Co-
lumbkill, and died at
Aghaboe in 599 or
600. The present
church, which is a
modern structure,
stands upon the site
of a “great church”
built in 1234. The
octagonal belfry is still
standing. The ancient
church of the monas-
tery is 100 feet long by