DURROW

In 1868, the parish of Durrow contained the following places:

"DURROW, a parish partly in the barony of Moycashel, in the county of Meath, and partly in the barony of Ballycowan, in King's County, Ireland, 3 miles N. of Tullamore. It was anciently the site of a monastery, believed to have been founded by St. Columb in 546, and of an Austin Priory, built by the McBrenans, which latter was given, by Queen Elizabeth to the Herberts. The living is a perpetual curacy in (the diocese of Meath, value £76, in the patronage of the Earl of Norbury, of Durrow Abbey. The church is an ancient structure, containing tombs of the Herberts. In the vicinity are St. Columb's cross and well."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018