CRUMLIN

In 1868, the parish of Crumlin contained the following places:

"CRUMLIN, a parish in the barony of Uppercross, in the county of Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles S. W. of Dublin, on the road from Dublin to Naas. The living is an impropriate curacy in the diocese of Dublin, value £175, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St. Patrick's, Dublin. The church was erected on the site of the old one in 1825 by aid of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. It is in the pointed style, and is connected with the old tower. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Rathfarnham and Tallaght. There is a National school for boys and girls. The town was formerly a place of fashionable resort, and is supposed to occupy the site of a heathen temple. It is a crown manor, and was burned in 1594 by Gerald Fitzgerald, the leader of the Wicklow insurgents. William III., in 1690, halted his troops here after the battle of the Boyne. Here are a police station and a dispensary within the South Dublin Poorlaw Union; also extensive flour-mills and limestone quarries. The Purcells formerly held the manor. Crumlin House is the principal residence."

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