KILLAGHY, a parish, in the barony of CRANAGH,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles
(S. W.) from Freshford: the population is included in
the return for Tullaroan. This parish comprises 1564
statute acres: it is a rectory, in the diocese of Ossory,
entirely impropriate in J. Butler Stopford, Esq.; the
tithes amount to £105. An abbey is supposed to have
been founded here in 548. Near the old church are
some remains of the house or castle of Killaghy, belonging
to a branch of the Grace family.