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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"MONASTERORIS, (or Castropetre), a parish in the barony of Coolestown, King's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N.E. of Philipstown. It is 6½ miles long, and its greatest breadth is 4 miles. It contains its post town, Edenderry, and the village of Conabury. The surface lies along the edge of the bog of Allan, and is traversed by the Grand canal and the road from Kilcock to Philipstown. The parish is bordered on the E. by the river Boyne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Kildare, value £300, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. The church was erected in 1778, partly by means of a gift from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Rhode and Crohan. Here are also a Wesleyan Methodist meeting-house, a National and other day schools. Monasteroris House is the chief seat. A monastery seems to have been founded here in 1325 at Totmoy, the site of which was granted to Nicholas Herbert at the Dissolution.

"EDENDERRY, a post and market town, in the parish of Monasteroris, barony of Coolestown, King's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, 9 miles N.E. of Philipstown, and 37 from Dublin. It stands near the Grand canal, on the N. E. confines of the great bog of Alan, with the river Boyne passing in its vicinity. It is the head of a Poor-law Union, containing 37 electoral divisions, with 22 guardians and poorhouse accommodation for 840 persons. There are police and petty sessions stations. The town contains a townhall, market-house, brewery, Roman Catholic chapel, Quaker's meeting-house, and parish church; the last, standing on a neighbouring eminence, contains tombs of Lady Blundell and a statue to the Marquis of Downshire. A branch from the Grand canal, brought into the town by the Marquis of Downshire, has considerably increased the trade, which consists chiefly in grain. Edenderry was formerly called Coolestown, from the Cooley family, its ancient possessors, remains of whose castle are still visible. Half a mile from the town are seen the ruins of the abbey of Monasteroris. Silver is said to exist in the ground round the church. Saturday is market day. Fairs are held on Shrove Tuesday, Thursday in Whitsun week, and 4th November."

"CONEYBOROUGH, a village in the barony of Coolestown, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, 1 mile from Edenderry, and 37 from Dublin."

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