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In 1868, the parish of Forgney contained the following places:"FORGNEY, (or Cloncall), a parish in the barony of Shrule, county Longford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 1 mile S.E. of Ballymahon. It is situated on the road from Dublin to Roscommon. The surface consists for the most part of good land. The parish is traversed by the river Inny, and a canal passes within a short distance. The living is a perpetual curacy, and is appropriated, with Naughavel, to the bishop. The church was enlarged in 1810 at the expense of the Dowager Lady Ross. The, Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Piercetown Here are two day schools and a police station. St. Munis is said to have founded a monastery here in the 5th century. There are ruins of an old church and burial ground. Pallas, in this parish, is noted for the ruins of the house in which Oliver Goldsmith was born.
"PALLAS, (or Pallice), a hamlet in the parish of Forgney, in the barony of Abbeyshruel, county Longford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 1 mile from Ballymahon. It is celebrated as being the birth-place of Oliver Goldsmith
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018