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Ballycommon

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BALLYCOMMON, a parish, in the barony of LOWER-PHILIPSTOWN, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 3½ miles, (W.) from Philipstown, on the road from Dublin to Tullamore, containing 1226 inhabitants. It comprises about 6730 statute acres, of which 4244 are applotted under the tithe act: about 2503 acres are pasture, and 1743 arable land; and there are 2430 acres of bog, 50 of waste, and 5 or 6 of woodland. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Kildare, and in the patronage of the Crown; the tithes amount to £138. 9. 2¾. The church has been lately repaired by a grant of £335 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £450 and a loan of £160, in 1817, from the late Board of First Fruits; the glebe com- prises 3a. lr. 15p. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Philipstown. There is a school aided by private subscriptions, also a hedge school, in each of which are about 40 children.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

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Land & Property

The entry for Ballycommon from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

Tithe Applotment Books 1823/37 for this parish on TNAI

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