Rosconnell Civil Parish, County Leix/Laois

ROSCONNELL, a parish, partly in the barony of Fassadining, county of Kilkenny, but chiefly in that of Upper Ossory, Queen's county, and province of Leinster, 1¾ mile (S. by W.) from Ballynakill, on the road to Durrow; containing 795 inhabitants, and comprising 1942 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Attanagh: the tithes amount to £143. 1. 6½. In the R.C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Ballyragget. About 30 children are educated in a private school.
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837

LDS Film Numbers

Film Title	Film number(s)
Tithe Applotments, 1826	#256680
Griffith's Valuation, 1850	#101757
1901 Ireland Census	#850455, 850458
1911 Ireland Census, Townland: Moneycleare	#2193026
1911 Ireland Census, Townlands: Ballynafunshin, Clorhaun, Fermoyle, Grenan, Gurraun, Raheenduff, Rosconnell Glebe	#2193074
Parochial registers of Ballyragget RC parish, Baptisms & marriages, 1856-1881	#979702

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Civil Parish Links

Griffith's Valuation, Rosconnell Civil Parish, ConnorsGenealogy website

Griffith's Valuation Index, Rosconnell Civil Parish, John Hayes' website

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Barony	Clarmallagh
Poor Law Union	Abbeyleix
Catholic Diocese	Ossory
Catholic Parish	Ballyragget

	Ballynafunshin	Gurraun
	Clorhaun	Moneycleare
	Fermoyle	Raheenduff
	Grenan	Rosconnell Glebe