In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Whitechurch like this:

WHITECHURCH, a parish, in the barony of NORTH NAAS, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (N.) from Naas, on the road to Celbridge; containing 279 inhabitants, and comprising 1875 statute acres. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, forming part of the union of Kill; the rectory is entirely impropriate in the Earl of Mayo. The tithes amount to £105, of which £45 is payable to the impropriator and £60 to the vicar. A priory of Carmelites is said to have stood here.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitechurch, in and County Kildare | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27962

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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