HOLLYWOOD

"HOLLYWOOD, a parish in the barony of Lower Talbotstown, county Wicklow, province of Leinster, Ireland, 6 miles S.W. of Blessington, its post town. The surface is mountainous and boggy. The King's river rises in the E., and the Liffey flows through the parish. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, value £86, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is a small building of unknown foundation. Grove House and Rathattin are the principal residences. In the Roman Catholic arrangements the parish belongs to the Ballymore Eustace district, and has a chapel, erected in 1831. Here are a parish school, and three or four non-parochial establishments. In 1798 the rebels overran the parish, and burnt Tyrone Lodge, belonging to Lord William Beresford. The famous waterfall of Poul-a-Phuca is in this parish. Fairs are held on the 1st February, 3rd May, 1st August, and 1st November."

"HORSEPASSBRIDGE, a village in the barony of Talbotstown, county Wicklow, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles S.W. of Blessington."
[Horsepass Bridge crossed the River Liffey between Britonstown (County Wicklow) and Horsepasstown (County Kildare). The bridge (and most of Britonstown) is now submerged under the Poulaphouca Reservoir.]

"PHOUL-A-PHOUCA, (or The Devil's Pool), a fall of the river Liffey, situated between the counties of Wicklow and Kildare, Ireland, 4 miles S.W. of Blessington. Its height is 150 feet, and its breadth 40. The road to New Ross is carried across the chasm by means of a bridge."

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