SHANKILL

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

"SHANKILL, (or St. Kill), a parish in the barony of Gowran, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.W. of Goresbridge. Bagnalstown is its post town. It is situated on the road to Kilkenny, near the river Barrow, and comprises the village of Paulston. There is a police station. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Leighlin, value £325, in the patronage of the crown and bishop. There is a Roman Catholic chapel united to that of Grange Silvæ, also a National school at Bornafea. Shankill Castle and Kellymount are the principal residences.

"PAULSTOWN, a village in the parishes of Shankill and Kilmacahill, in the barony of Gowran, county Kilkenny, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Gowran. It is situated on the road from Kilkenny to Carlow, and contains a police station and a Roman Catholic chapel. Paulstown House is one of several residences in the vicinity. Here are ruins of a castle and of a church, and traces of an abbey."

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