ARTAINE

In 1868, the parish of Artaine contained the following places:

"ARTAINE, (or Artane), a parish in the barony of Corlock, in the county of Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles to the N.E. of Dublin. A castle formerly stood here, the seat of the Donellans, in which John Alan, Archbishop of Dublin, was brought before Lord Fitzgerald, as a prisoner, and slain on the spot (1534). During the civil war this castle was taken and garrisoned by the royalists. It was pulled down in 1825, and a modern mansion was built on its site. The living is a perpetual curacy united with the rectory of Finglas, in the diocese of Dublin, Glendalagh, and Kildare. The church is an ivy-covered ruin. In the churchyard are tombs of the Hollywoods, who held the manor of Artaine for ages, and one of whom was John Hollywood, a mathematician and philosopher of the 13th century. The principal seats are Artaine Castle, Elm Park, Artaine House, &c.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018