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ESKER, a parish, in the barony of NEWCASTLE, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER, ¾ of a mile (E.) from Lucan; containing 1075 inhabitants, This place constitutes one of the four manors in the county which formerly belonged to the Crown. By an inquisition taken in the 15th of Henry VII. (1499), John Brownunsinge was found seized in fee of eight messuages, eight gardens, and 35 acres of land in Esker and Ballyowen, held of the Crown at an annual rent, which he bequeathed to the church of Esker, "in pure and perpetual alms." There are quarries of good building stone in the parish. The gentlemen's seats are Esker Lodge, the residence of Major Wills; Esker, of J. Cash, Esq.; St. Helen, of W. Gorman, Esq.; Esker Cottage, of J. Spring, Esq. 5 Esker House, of G. Clarke, Esq.; Ballyowen Lodge, of J. Cathrew, Esq.; Finstown Lodge, of S. Bell, Esq.; and the Glebehouse, of the Rev. W, Stewart.

The parish is in the diocese of Dublin: the rectory forms part of the union and corps of the deanery of St. Patrick's, and the vicarage part of the union of Lcixlip, under which head the tithes are stated. In the R.C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Palmerstown, Clondalkin, and Lucan. About, ton boys are educated in a private classical school. The ruined church forms a conspicuous and picturesque object, appearing, from its extensive remains, to have, been originally a large structure. In the vicinity are the ruins of the ancient castellated mansion of Ballyowen.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

"WOODVILLE, a demesne in the barony of Newcastle, county Dublin, Ireland, 2 miles from Lucan, and 8 W. of Dublin, near the river Liffey and Royal canal. There are, besides, numerous private seats and small places of this name in various parts of Ireland."

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

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