KILBIXY

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

"KILBIXY, a parish in the barony of Moygoish, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 6 miles N.W. of Mullingar. Ballinacarry is its post town. It is 3½ miles long, by 2 broad. It lies between Lough Iron and the course of the Royal canal. It consists partially of good soil, and is traversed by the road from Dublin to Stokestown. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Meath, value £112, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is in the pointed style, built principally by the late Lord Sunderlin, on the Baronstown estate. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Templeoran. There are four day schools. Baronstown is the principal residence. Kilbixy was anciently a borough, and had a castle built by Hugh de Lacy in 1192; also St. Bridget's Leper Hospital, and a priory founded by Geoffrey Constantine, and granted to the family of Piers in 1690. Limestone is quarried."

"BALLYNACARRIGY, a small market town, in the parish of Kilbixy, and barony of Moygoish, in the county of Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 7 miles to the N.W. of Mullingar, and 50 miles from Dublin. The Royal canal passes near the town. The markets are held on Wednesday and Saturday: and fairs on the 9th May and the 30th October. There is a Roman Catholic chapel a dispensary, and a police station. Petty sessions are held weekly."

"TRISTERNAGH, a townland in the parish of Kilbixy, barony of Moygoish, county Westmeath, Ireland, 2 miles E.N.E. of Ballinacarrigy. There are ruins of Tristernagh Abbey."

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