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Rathkeale Union
Rathkeale
A post town and parish in the Union of Rathkeale, partly in the
barony of Kenry and partly in the Eastern division of Upper Connello, but chiefly in the barony of Cosh,a, County Limerick
8 miles from Limerick.
The farmhouses in the parish, generally small, ahve gardens and orchards
attached, and are mostly occupied by Palatines, oroginally German
Protestants, who settled here about the year 1740, since which time they have
greatly increased in numbers, but continue a distinct body.
A fever hospital and dispensary, with a house adjoining for a
physician, has been erected by his Lordship, the Earl of Dunraven, at his own
expense, and is supported in the customary manner.
Source: From Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
1847 in 2 volumes p 008 Adare
Submitted by Alan Longbottom
Board of Guardians Minutes
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