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Castleknock (civil parish)

Coordinates: 53°22′05″N 6°22′11″W / 53.368010°N 6.369802°W / 53.368010; -6.369802
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Castleknock (Irish: Caisleán Cnucha) is a civil parish and a townland located in the south-western corner of the modern county of Fingal, Ireland.[4 1] The civil parish is part of the ancient barony of Castleknock. It is centred on the suburban village of Castleknock. The townland of Castleknock itself is the location of the eponymous "Cnucha's Castle" – Castleknock Castle. The town with the biggest population in the parish is Blanchardstown. In geology, the parish rests on a substratum of limestone and comprises 2943 statute acres, the whole of which is arable land.

History

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In 1831, there were 4251 inhabitants in the parish of whom 3409 were Catholics.[1] Lewis' Topography of Ireland of 1837 reported the same number of inhabitants. Lewis recorded that Abbotstown demesne was the most notable seat in the parish. It was the residence of the Falkiner baronets who later married into the neighbouring Hamilton family. In 1897, Ion Trant Hamilton was ennobled as Baron HolmPatrick[2]

Ecclesiastical parishes

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Like all civil parishes, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with a pre-existing ecclesiastical parish of the same name, as used in the Church of Ireland.[3] Along with other civil parishes in Ireland, its use as a unit of the local administrative unit was gradually replaced by the creation of Electoral Divisions in the Local Government (Ireland) Act of 1898. The parish formerly belonged to the priory of Malvern, in Worcestershire. In 1773, an Act of the Privy Council united the parish with the curacies of Clonsilla and Mulhuddart. The living (of the ecclesiastical parish) was a vicarage in the Diocese of Dublin which was: "... endowed with a portion of the great tithes, and united to the prebend of Castleknock and the rectory of Clonsillagh and curacy of Mullahidart, with cure of souls: it is in the patronage of the Bishop."[4] In 1837, the tithes amounted to £560.[5]

In the Church of Ireland, the Archdiocese of Dublin unites Castleknock and Mulhuddart in the "Grouped Parishes of Castleknock and Mulhuddart with Clonsilla".[3 1] There are three extant church buildings that are still in use by the grouped parish:

In the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Dublin divides the civil parish between the following ecclesiastical parishes:

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Location and composition

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The whole parish is within the Dublin 15 postal district. Most of the territory of the parish is within the county of Fingal and administered by Fingal County Council with the exception of three townlands that are in the city proper and administered by Dublin City Council. The core of the parish is centred on the townland and village of the same name. To the north of the parish, the Huntstown Power Station and Corduff sub-supply station are located. The townland at this northern extremity of the parish is Huntstown, not to be confused with Huntstown and Littlepace in the neighbouring parish of Clonsilla. To the south, it is bounded by the River Liffey and Chapelizod. To the west, it is bounded by the civil parish of Clonsilla which is the location of Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. To the east lies the 8th lock of the Royal Canal in the townland of Pelletstown and the Cabra Gate of the Phoenix Park.

Populated places

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Populated places in the civil parish include: Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Ashtown, Cabra, Corduff, Laurel Lodge.

Townlands

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Within the civil parish of Castleknock, there are 22 townlands per the table below. For convenience, the table groups the townlands by their location in one of the modern local authority areas.

Modern Local Authority Area Name in Irish &
Name in English
Acres Image Commons Category
Dublin City Baile Pheiléid
Pelletstown
259

Moorings on the Royal Canal
An Chabrach
Cabra
457

Primary Care Centre, Navan Road
Caisleán Cnucha
(cuid de Pháirc an Fhionnuisce)
Castleknock (part of Phoenix Park)
787

Deer by papal cross
Fingal Baile an Aba
Abbotstown[4 2]
101

Abbotstown cemetery
Baile an Ásaigh
Ashtown[4 3]
278

Martin Savage memorial
Baile an Chairpintéaraigh
Carpenterstown[4 4]
166

Stone placename
Baile an Déanaigh
Deanestown[4 5]
173

Waterville Park
Baile an Diosualaigh
Diswellstown[4 6]
418

Diswellstown stream
Baile an Huntaigh
Huntstown[4 7]
299
Baile an Phóirtéaraigh
Porterstown[4 8]
219

Scoil Choilm
Baile Bhlainséir
Blanchardstown[4 9]
454

Spire of St. Brigit's church
Baile Mhistéil
Mitchelstown[4 10]
154

Car dealership
Baile Scriobail
Scribblestown[4 11]
272

Former Rathborne's Candles factory
Baile Sheáin
Johnstown[4 12]
67
Caisláin Cnucha
Castleknock
1020

St Bridget's well. Former bank.
Ceapach
Cappoge or Cappagh
698

Halting site on Cappagh Road
Cnoc na gCaorach
Sheephill
349

F.A.I. headquarters
An Chorr Dhubh
Corduff
353

St Patrick's church
Dún Sinche
Dunsink
423

Dunsink observatory
Páirc Anna
Annfield
19

Apartment buildings
Snugborough
Snugborough
53
Steach Gob
Astagob[4 13]
93

Weir by the Wren's Nest
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References

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From "List of Parishes of the Archdiocese of Dublin". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. Archdiocese of Dublin. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

  1. ^ Parish of Our Lady, Mother of the Church, Castleknock
  2. ^ Parish of St. Brigid, Blanchardstown
  3. ^ Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, Laurel Lodge / Carpenterstown

From official parish websites

  1. ^ Church of Ireland - Grouped Parishes of Castleknock and Mulhuddart with Clonsilla
  2. ^ Catholic Church - Our Lady, Mother of the Church parish
  3. ^ Catholic Church - St. Brigid's parish
  4. ^ Catholic Church - St. Thomas the Apostle parish

From "Placenames Database of Ireland". Logainm. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

  1. ^ "Castleknock civil parish |". logainm.ie. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Abbotstown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Ashtown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Carpenterstown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Deanestown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Diswellstown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Huntstown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Porterstown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Blanchardstown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Mitchelstown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Scribblestown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Johnstown | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Astagob | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

From "Buildings of Ireland". Search Building & Garden Surveys. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

Other sources

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