In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Bennekerry like this:
BENEKERRY, otherwise BUSHERSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of RATHVILLY (but locally in that of Carlow), county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 2 ½ miles (E. N. E.) from Carlow; containing 135 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Carlow to Tullow, and is bounded on the south-west and east by the river Burren: more than four-fifths consists of meadow and pasture land, and the remainder is arable, with a few acres of woodland. ...
In the ecclesiastical divisions it is not regarded as a parish, but as forming part of that of Urglin, the incumbent of which receives the tithes, except of about ten acres, which pay tithe to the incumbent of Ballinacarrig or Staplestown.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bennekerry, in and County Carlow | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28658
Date accessed: 01st July 2024
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