Brannickstown, Kildare

Historical Description

BRANNICKSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of NAAS, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, adjoining the post-town of Kilcullen, and containing 212 inhabitants. This parish comprises 800 statute acres, 72 of which are plantations in gentlemen's demesnes, 19 are artificial water, about 10 are waste, 19 are bog, and the remainder arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the bog is well adapted for grazing in the summer and autumn, It forms part of the impropriate or perpetual curacy of Kilcullen, in the diocese of Dublin.

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brannickstown from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1840 by Samuel Lewis (Brannickstown)

Land and Property

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