In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Ballynadrumny like this:
BALLYNADRIMNA, a parish, in the barony of CARBERY, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (W.) from Enfield; containing 1503 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Kilcock to Kinnegad, and contains Garriska House, the property of C. Nangle, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, and is part of the union of Castle-Carbery; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Downshire: the tithes amount to £92. ...
6. 10 ¼. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Ballyna or Johnstown; the chapel, a neat building, is at Garriska. There is a school at Broadford, in which are 60 boys and 60 girls.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ballynadrumny, in and County Kildare | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27902
Date accessed: 06th July 2024
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