School: Eaglais
- Location:
- Eglish, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Heifearnáin
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- Notes collected from various sources by
Seámus O Heffernan N.T.
Eglish N.S. Birr, Offaly.Pages 59 - 100
_____________________________________Eglish, Birr.Eglish parish situated partly in the Barony of Lower Ormond, Co. Tipperary but chiefly in that of Eglish or Fircall, Kings Co.Drumcullin is a parish in the Barony of Eglish or Fircall, King's Co. There was an abbey at Killyon in present district of Drumcullin.Eglish:The walls of the old church have been levelled and swept away with a vengeance. A Protestant Church has been erected in it's place. Rev. Mr. Considine, former pastor rests under a tomb inscription now illegible. St. James was patron of the Parish.