CLONEHORKE, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-PHILIPSTOWN,
KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER;
containing, with part of the borough, and markettown
of Portarlington, 2988 inhabitants. This parish
is situated on the left bank of the river Barrow, and on
the road from Portarlington to Mount-Mellick. It is
a rectory, in the diocese of Kildare, entirely appropriate
to the rector of Geashill, of which parish it is considered
to form part. There is a church, or chapel of ease, for
the repairs of which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
have recently granted £213.9. In the R. C. divisions
it is part of the union or district of Portarlington.