Castleknock (civil parish)

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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[]

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[]

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 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 Archdiocese of Dublin, the parish is today united with 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 territory of the civil parish is part of the Archdiocese of Dublin. It is currently divided between the following ecclesiastical parishes :

History gallery[]

  • Church of St. Bridget
    in the Church of Ireland, Castleknock

  • Church of St. Mary
    in the Church of Ireland, Clonsilla

  • Our Lady Mother of the Church
    in the Catholic Church, Castleknock

  • Church of St. Brigit
    in the Catholic Church, Blanchardstown

  • Church of St. Thomas, the Apostle
    in the Catholic Church, Laurel Lodge

Location and composition[]

The whole parish is within the Dublin 15 postal district and the territory of Fingal County 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 subsupply 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[]

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

Townlands[]

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. Some townlands, however, straddle both areas.

Modern Local
Authority Area 		Name in Irish Name in English Acres Image Commons Category
Dublin City Baile an Ásaigh Ashtown (partly) 278
Baile Pheiléid Pelletstown 259
An Chabrach Cabra 457
Caisleán Cnucha
(cuid de Pháirc an Fhionnuisce) 		Castleknock (part of Phoenix Park)
(partly) 		1020
(787)
Fingal Baile an Aba Abbotstown[4 2] 101
Baile an Ásaigh Ashtown (partly)[4 3] 278
Baile an Chairpintéaraigh Carpenterstown[4 4] 166
Carpeterstown stone placename
Baile an Déanaigh Deanestown[4 5] 173
Baile an Diosualaigh Diswellstown[4 6] 418
Baile an Huntaigh Huntstown[4 7] 299
Baile an Phóirtéaraigh Porterstown[4 8] 219
Baile Bhlainséir Blanchardstown[4 9] 454
Baile Mhistéil Mitchelstown[4 10] 154
Car dealership at Mitchelstown
Baile Scriobail Scribblestown[4 11] 272
Baile Sheáin Johnstown[4 12] 67
An Chabrach Cabra 457
Caisleán Cnucha
(cuid de Pháirc an Fhionnuisce) 		Castleknock
(part of Phoenix Park)
(partly) 		1020
(787)
Ceapach Cappoge or Cappagh 698
Cnoc na gCaorach Sheephill 349
An Chorr Dhubh Corduff 353
Dún Sinche Dunsink 423
Páirc Anna Annfield 19
Apartment buildings at Annefield townland
Snugborough Snugborough 53
Steach Gob Astagob[4 13] 93

Gallery[]

  • Moorings on the Royal Canal at Ashtown

  • Castleknock Castle

  • Castleknock Railway Station

  • Royal Canal at Castleknock

  • Ringfort or mound at Corduff

  • Ragwell at Diswellstown

  • The Diswellstown stream in the glen near Sandpit cottages and Knockmaroon demesne

  • Observatory at Dunsink

References[]

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.

  1. ^ Saint Brigid's Church of Ireland Church, Castleknock Road, CASTLEKNOCK (WITHOUT PHOENIX PARK), Castleknock, Fingal - Register number 11362003
  2. ^ Saint Thomas's Church of Ireland Church, Ratoath Road, HOLLYSTOWN, Fingal - Register number 11346001
  3. ^ Saint Mary's Church of Ireland Church, CLONSILLA, Clonsilla, Fingal - Register number 11353005

Other sources

  1. ^ [1] The History of the County of Dublin, John D'Alton, 1838, pg555
  2. ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  3. ^ John Caillard Erck, The ecclesiastical register: containing the names of the dignitaries and parochial clergy of Ireland: as also of the parishes and their respective patrons and an account of monies granted for building churches and glebe-houses with ecclesiastical annals annexed to each diocese and appendixes: containing among other things several cases of quare impedit, (1927), page 113
  4. ^ Lewis, "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland", 1837
  5. ^ [2] Samuel Lewis, "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland", Volume 1, pg 300.

Coordinates: 53°22′05″N 6°22′11″W / 53.368010°N 6.369802°W / 53.368010; -6.369802

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