Shanbough, Kilkenny

Historical Description

SHANBOUGH, a parish, in the barony of IDA, county of KILKENNY, and province of MUNSTER, 3½ miles (W.) from New Ross; containing 429 inhabitants, and comprising 1709 statute acres. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Rossbercon: the rectory is impropriate in the corporation of Waterford. The tithes amount to £82. 19., of which two-thirds are payable to the corporation, and the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions also it is part of the union or district of Rossbercon.

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Shanbough from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1840 by Samuel Lewis (Shanbough)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Kilkenny is available to browse.