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Sherlockstown

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SHERLOCKSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of NORTH-NAAS, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles (S. E.) from Clane, on the road to Celbridge; containing 52 inhabitants. It is situated on the Grand Canal, and contains Sherlockstown House, the handsome modern mansion of W. R. Sherlock, Esq., and Prospect, belonging to the same family. It is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Kildare, forming part of the union of Bodenstown: the tithes amount to £35. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Kill and Lyons.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

The civil parish of Sherlockstown contained the townlands of:
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Land & Property

Tithe Applotment Books for county Kildare and its  parishes are available online on the National Archives of Ireland website

The entry for Sherlockstown from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

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