Many publications in the 19th century give detailed descriptions of the baronies, parishes and townlands of Ireland. One of the most detailed is The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland published in three volumes in 1846 by Fullarton and Co. Based on statistics from the lost censuses of 1831 and 1841, and providing excellent detail of a country on the cusp of The Famine, it is a truly excellent resource. Below is the description given to the civil parishes of Shankill from volume 3 and Kilmacahill from volume 2.
Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1846
January 30, 2011 by buggynamehistory
You are quite right about this 3-volume set. If it weren’t enough that it contains facts from the lost censuses of 1831 & 41, the descriptions and stories, like that of the healing font of the Shankill church, make it far more than a compilation of facts. Thank you.