KILBRIDE-TALBOTSTOWN

In 1868, the parish of Kilbride Talbotstown contained the following places:

"KILBRIDE-TALBOTSTOWN, a parish in the barony of Lower Talbotstown, county Wicklow, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Blessington, its post town, on the road from thence to Wicklow. The parish is 9 miles long by 2 broad. The surface is mountainous, and very much diversified in contour. There is much bog and pasture land. Mounts Butler, Seefingan, and Dowry, are the most prominent summits. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, value with Blessington, £395, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is in the later English style, and was erected in 1834 by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Blessington. There are two private schools. Kippure Lodge and Kilbride Cottage are among the principal residences. A considerable' quantity of granite is quarried. Iron ore' is found at the Butter Mountain. There are two ancient burial-grounds in the parish, and several raths."

 

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