Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAINSTOWN

HAINSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of SOUTH SALT, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 2 ½ miles (E. by N.) from Naas, with which the population is returned: It is a chapelry, in the diocese of Kildare, united with that of Furnaughts, and in the gift of the bishop: the tithes amount to £6. 17. 6. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kill.


(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Salt South Barony       Kildare County
Place: Hainstown

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