A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KILBRACKEN, or BALLYBRACKEN, a parish, partly in the barony of UPPER PHILIPSTOWN, an isolated portion of KING'S COUNTY, and partly in that of WEST OPHALY, in the county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 3 ¼ miles (S. E.) from Monastereven, on the road to Athy; containing 1216 inhabitants. It comprises 2747 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £1542. 5. per annum. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, and in the patronage of the Marquess of Drogheda: the tithes amount to £138. 9. 3. About 100 children are educated in the parochial school.
(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kildare IrlC |
| Place names: | BALLYBRACKEN | KILBRACKEN | KILBRACKEN OR BALLYBRACKEN |
| Place: | Kilbracken |
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