KILMODUM, a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 4½
miles (S.) from Castlecomer, on the river Dinin and the
road to Kilkenny; containing 900 inhabitants. It is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the
union of Dunmore; the rectory is impropriate in the
corporation of Kilkenny. The tithes amount to £210,
of which £140 is payable to the impropriators, and £70
to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of St. John's. There are two private
schools, in which are about 80 children.