KILRUSH, a parish, in the barony of CRANAGH,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile
(W.) from Freshford, on the road to Johnstown; containing
754 inhabitants. It is a rectory and vicarage,
in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of
Freshford and of the corps of the prebend of Aghoure
in the cathedral of Kilkenny. In the R. C. divisions it
is part of the union or district of Urlingford. In civil
arrangements it is reckoned part of Clomantagh.