What is recorded here

Kilmorhcil vanished from sight but never from law, caught between O'Dempsie and the Earle of Kildare in 1571. Its houses may have fallen into ferns while men still argued over whose Manor of Leigh they belonged to. Forgetting the village did not stop it existing; it only removed the place where its boundaries could be seen.

Unlocated village within OS sheet number 5 mentioned in 1571 Elizabethan land grant to Owen mac Hugh O'Dempsie although the Earle of Kildare does lay claim to the villages of 'Ballycarroll, Ballyteighduffe, Ballyodin alias Boydonstowne, Dirryfunchin alias Dirryfunchior, Ballyorlade (Abhalghort) alias Orchardston (Ullard), Ballinurcher, Clomany and Kilmorhcil , as parcell of the said Earl's Manor of Leigh' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, p. 52). Townland of Ballinurcher may be townland of Ballintogher which is o six inch OS 6-inch map number 09. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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