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Dunmurry

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DUNMURRY, a parish, in the barony of East-Ophaly, county of Kildare, and province of Leinster, 2 miles (N.) from Kildare, on the road to Rathangan; containing 155 inhabitants. This parish comprises 1054 statute acres, as applottcd under the tithe act, which, excepting a few acres of common, are entirely arable.

It is a rectory, in the diocese of Kildare, forming part of the union of Thomastown: the tithes amount to £75. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Kildare. Dunmurry House is the residence of E. J. Medlecott, Esq.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

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Churches

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Description & Travel

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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 Dunmurry contained the townlands of:
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Land & Property

Tithe Applotment Books for county Kildare and its  parishes are available online on the National Archives of Ireland website

The entry for Dunmurry from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

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