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Hi S, so far I haven't been able to locate a copy of that book but I am still looking.  I have my mothers copy here on front of me, wish you could see it!  Is there anything I could look up for you, like a particular surname or place in Templeboy?  I know this isn't great and that you'd like a copy of the book so I'll keep looking. Elsie.

Hi there S,

You already know so much!  I'm not sure how I can help but I got the following information from a book titled Templeboy, the author was Cannon Halloran of the Templeboy parish in 2000: 

"The old church, the ruin of which is still visible beside the stream in Donecoy was probably built about the mid 1700's. Why the church was on Hilla's ground is not clear.  Prehaps because Hillas was a fair minded landlord or prehaps because he had many catholic tennants and workers, it would be safer to have them 'on side'.  This church continued in use until the present one was finished in 1875."

The book is very interesting about the Templeboy parish.
 
This website mentions the Hillas estate and maybe you might be interested?  The website is...    http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=234

I hope this helps a little,  Elsie.