AUGHRIM

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

"AUGHRIM, a parish in the barony and county of Roscommon, in the province of Connaught, Ireland, 4 miles to the S. of Carrick-on-Shannon. It lies on the west side of the river Shannon, and contains several small lakes, some bog, and a large wooded tract. Good limestone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Kilmore, Ardagh, and Elphin, of the value, with those of Cloonagh and Killummod, of £228, in the patronage of the bishop. The old parish church, of which some ruins remain, was the burial-place of the Earls of Roscommon. There is a large fortress on a hill at Rockville, with a small cairn in the centre. Petty sessions are held in Aughrim once a fortnight. The principal residences are Rockville, Lisadurn, and Rushhill."

"HILLSTREET, a village in the parishes of Aughrim and Kilmore, county Roscommon, province of Connaught, Ireland, 5 miles N.E. of Elphin."

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