St James Dublin

"St. James’s parish contains 13,197 inhabitants, and 625 houses valued at £5 and upwards, the total annual value being £13,176. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Earl of Meath; the minister’s money amounts to £109. 1. 4. The church is a low and very plain building; owing to the small accommodation it affords to the numerous parishioners, it is the intention of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to erect a new one. The cemetery is very large and situated on the north side of a hill sloping down towards the river. The episcopal chapels of the Royal and Foundling Hospitals are in this parish; and there is a chapel of ease at Golden-Bridge, chiefly for the use of Richmond barracks. There are parochial schools for boys and girls, three national schools, and an infants’ school."

[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland  by Samuel Lewis, published 1837]

"DOLPHIN'S-BARN, a suburban village to the city of Dublin, in the county of Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland. It is situated on the Grand canal, which is crossed here by Camae Bridge, and on the road to Crumlin."

"DUBLIN ST. JAMES, a parish in the county of the city of Dublin, and the baronies of Castleknock and Uppercross, county Dublin, situated on the Grand canal and the Liffey, close to the metropolis. See Dublin."

[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - extracted by Colin Hinson ©2018]