RODANSTOWN

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

"RODANSTOWN, a parish partly in the barony of Upper Deece, county Meath, and partly in the barony of Ikeathy, county Kildare, Ireland, 18 miles W. of Dublin. It is situated on the river Rye and Royal canal, and contains part of the village of Kilcock. The surface is undulating, and thee soil fertile. The substratum abounds in coal and limestone. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, value with four others £400, in the patronage of the crown. The church is modern. The principal residence is Dollandstown."

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

"RADDONSTOWN, (or Balroddan), a parish, in the barony of UPPER-DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 1¾ mile (N. E.) from Kilcoek, on one of the roads to Maynooth; containing 651 inhabitants. This parish comprises 1705½ statute acres of excellent land, about one-half of which is under tillage, and the remainder meadow and pasture; the system of agriculture is in an improved state, and there is no waste land; coal is found but is not worked. The principal seats are Dollandstown, the residence of A. U. Gledstanes, Esq.; Newtown Prospect, of A. Coates, Esq.; Bridestream, of J. Coates, Esq.; Colgath, of Mrs. Tronson; and Raddonstown, of J. Morron, Esq. The Royal Canal from Dublin passes the southern extremity of the parish. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, united from time immemorial to the rectories of Balfeighan, Gallow, Drumlargan, and Kilcloan, and in the patronage of the Crown. The tithes amount to £120, and the gross value of the benefice is £485. 3. 7¼. per ann.: the glebe consists of half an acre near the church, which is an ancient plain edifice. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union of Batterstown: the chapel is a small edifice. The late Rev. W. Tew bequeathed £200, of which he appropriated the interest to the payment of a schoolmaster and schoolmistress for the gratuitous instruction of children; also £50 for anmial distribution among the poor: no school has been yet established, and the money is lodged with the Commissioners of charitable bequests. There is a private school, in which are about 50 children, also a dispensary. Near Raddonstown is a perfect Danish fort.

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