Ballynadrimna, Kildare

Historical Description

BALLYNADRIMNA, a parish, in the barony of CARBERY, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (W.) from Enfield; containing 1503 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Kilcock to Kinnegad, and contains Garriska House, the property of C. Nangle, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, and is part of the union of Castle Carbery; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Downshire: the tithes amount to £92. 6. 10¼. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Ballyna or Johnstown; the chapel, a neat building, is at Garriska. There is a school at Broadford, in which are 60 boys and 60 girls.

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ballynadrimna from the following:

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

Land and Property

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