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Palmerstown - Fingal

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"PALMERSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of BALROTHERY, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER, 11 miles (N. by W.) from Dublin; containing 321 inhabitants. Good building stone is found in the parish. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin; the rectory is appropriate to the vicars choral of the cathedral of Dublin, and the vicarage forms part of the union and corps of the prebend of Clonmethan: of the tithes, amounting to £135, two-thirds are payable to the vicars choral, and the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Rollestown. Some remains of the church still exist."

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

The civil parish of Palmerstown - Fingal contained the townlands of:
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Land & Property

The entry for Palmerstown - Fingal from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

Tithe Applotment Books 1823/37 for this parish on NAI

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Maps

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