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THE

PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER

OF

IRELAND,

ADAPTED TO THE NEW POOR-LAW, FRANCHISE, MUNICIPAL AND
ECCLESIASTICAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND COMPILED WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO THE LINES OF RAILROAD AND CANAL COMMUNICATION,
AS EXISTING IN

1844-45;

ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF MAPS, AND OTHER PLATES;

AND

PRESENTING THE RESULTS, IN DETAIL, OF THE CENSUS OF 1841,
COMPARED WITH THAT OF 1831.

Volume III

N-Z. INDEX.

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THE

PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER

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NAA

NAAS (NORTH), a barony of the county of Kildare, Leinster. It is bounded, on the north, by North Salt; on the east, by South Salt; on the south-east, by co. Wicklow; on the south, by South Naas; and on the west, by Connell and Clane. Length, southward, 7 miles; breadth, from 2 to 64; area, 25,579 acres, 2 roods, 5 perches, of which 65 acres, 14 perches are in the river Liffey. The surface consists of, for the most part, a low, flat, rich, and pleasant portion of the east side of the basin of the Liffey; and is traversed by both the Grand Canal itself and one of its branches. The Act 6 and 7 William IV., cap. 84, transferred two townlands of the parish of Rathmore, and part of a townland of Killishee, from South Naas to North Naas; pop., in 1841, 32.-North Naas contains part of the parish of Killashee, and the whole of the parishes of Bodenstown, Johnstown, Kardiffstown, Naas, Rathmore, Sherlockstown, Tipper, and Whitechurch. The towns and chief villages are Naas, Sallins, and Johnstown. Pop., in 1831, 8,602; in 1841, 8,081. Houses 1,313. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 588; in manufactures and trade, 301; in other pursuits, 575. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 53; on the directing of labour, 615; on their own manual labour, 779; on means not specified, 17. Males at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 1,616; who could read but not write, 718; who could neither read nor write, 1,171. Females at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 1,250; who could read but not write, 964; who could neither read nor write, 1,437.-This barony lies wholly within the Poor-law union of Naas. The total number of tenements valued is 1,423; and of these, 790 were valued under £5,-187, under £10,-126, under £15,-60, under £20,-56, under £25,-26, under £30,-36, under £40,-23, under £50, and 119, at and above £50.

NAAS (SOUTH), a barony on the east border of the county of Kildare, Leinster. It is bounded, on the north, by North Naas; on the east and south, by co. Wicklow; and on the west, by Kilcullen and Connell. Length, southward, 74 miles; extreme breadth, 5; area, 27,478 acres, 1 rood, 12 perches, of which 178 acres, 3 roods, 7 perches are in the river Liffey. A small district in the east is mountainous, consists of spurs from the vast alpine region of Wicklow, and contains the two summits of Slieve

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roe and Bishop's-hill, with altitudes of respectively 1,094 and 935 feet above sea-level; and all the other districts are prevailingly low, flat, and rich, and comparatively free from bog. The Liffey runs across the interior.-This barony contains part of the parishes of Kill and Killishee, and the whole of the parishes of Ballybought, Ballymore-Eustace, Brennontown, Carnaway, Coghlanstown, Gilltown, Jago, and Tipperkerin. The towns are Ballymore-Eustace and part of Kilcullen-Bridge. The Act 6 and 7 William IV., cap. 84, transferred the whole of the parishes of Ballybought, Ballymore-Eustace, and Tipperkerin, from Uppercross, co. Dublin, to South Naas, co. Kildare,—pop., in 1841, 3,138; and two townlands of Rathmore, and part of a townland of Killishee, from South Naas to North Naas,-pop. 32. Pop. of the barony, in 1831, 4,377; in 1841, 7,608. Houses 1,219. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 800; in manufactures and trade, 210; in other pursuits, 310. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 22; on the directing of labour, 492; on their own manual labour, 767; on means not specified, 39. Males at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 1,625; who could read but not write, 633; who could neither read nor write, 1,212. Females at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 982; who could read but not write, 891; who could neither read nor write, 1,388.-South Naas lies wholly within the Poorlaw union of Naas. The total number of tenements valued is 611; and of these, 308 were valued under £5,-73, under £10,-5k, ander £15,--28, under £20,-17, under £25,--34, under £80,28, under £40,-11, under £50,-and 81, at and above £50.

NAAS, a parish in the barony of North Naas, co. Kildare, Leinsters. It contains the town of NAAS, and part of the village of SALZING: see these articles. Length, southward. 34 miles ;exjome breadth, 2; area, 5,526 acres, & 10ods, 17 perches, of which 15 acres, 3 roods, 2 perenes are in the river Liffey. Pop., in 1831, according to the Census, 4,891, but according to the Ecclesiastical Authorities, 5,228; in 1841, 4,863. Houses 809. Pop. of the rural districts, in 1841, 1,053. Houses 185. The surface is low and flat; and the land is, in general, above medium quality. The highest ground is on the east border, and has an altitude above sea-level of 365 feet. The Liffey flows along part of the western boundary; and a branch of the Grand Canal, and the

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roads from Dublin to Waterford, New-Ross, Cork, and Limerick, traverse the interior. The seats are Jegginstown-house, Bluebell-house, Millview-house, Roseborough-house, Maryfield-house, Osberstownhill, Barstown-house, and Coolmoonan-house.-This parish is a vicarage, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Kildare. Vicarial tithe composition, £164 Is. 9d.; glebe, £98 2s. 1d. Gross income, £401 19s.; nett, £328 10s. Patron, Thomas Burgh, Esq. of Oldtown. The incumbent holds also the benefice and prebend of Tipper in St. Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, and the office of sequestrator and curate of Heinstown and Forenaughts adjoining Naas, in the dio. of Kildare. The rectorial tithes of Naas are impropriate, and have been purchased as an endow ment for the perpetual curacy of Upper Falls, in the dio. of Connor. A curate receives a salary of £75. | The church is of very ancient but unknown date; and was enlarged first in 1822, and again about 3 or 4 years ago. Sittings, previous to the latter enlargement, 300; attendance 400. The chapel in the gaol is under the care of the vicar of Bodenstown, perpetual curate of Sherlockstown, and stipendiary curate of Killishee. The Independent chapel has an attendance of from 50 to 60. The Roman Catholic chapel has an attendance of 2,300. In 1834, the parishioners of Naas-including the inhabitants of the parish or denomination of Osberstown, amounting to 518-consisted of 593 Churchmen, 4 Presbyterians, 6 other Protestant dissenters, and 5,050 Roman Catholics; 14 daily schools had on their books 300 boys and 157 girls; and 3 other daily schools were in operation, but made no proper returns of their attendance. Two of the schools were salaried with respectively £21 and £24 from the produce of some seats in the Roman Catholic chapel; one was aided with an unreported sum from the bishop and clergy of the diocese; and one had attached to it the office of parish clerk, and a salary from subscription of £40.

NAAS,

A market and post town, one of the two assize towns of the county of Kildare, and formerly a parliamentary borough, in the parish of Naas, barony of North Naas, co. Kildare, Leinster. It stands on a branch of the Grand Canal, and on the mail-roads from Dublin to Carlow, New Ross, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, and Limerick, 44 miles south by east of Clane, 5 west-north-west of Blessington, 54 east-north-east of Newbridge, 5 north-north-east of KilcullenBridge, 7 south-west of Rathcoole, 9 east-northeast of Kildare, and 15 south-west of Dublin.

General Description.]—The country immediately around Naas is a fertile and well-cultivated part of an extensive champaign district; and while sufficiently interpatched and ornamented with demesneland, it feat a little.fic.in.the qofty of its agricultural produce. Jegginstown-house, in the immediate southern.yicinity of. the town, is the ruin of one story of a domestic: pile.commenced on an enormous scale by the unfortunate Earl of Strafford. The town consists principally, of a main street, extending of mile southwestivard along the road from Dublin to Kilkenny; a cross street, of 540 yards in length, intersecting the main street at right angles; a street of about 250 yards in length, extending along the road to Sallins; and various subordinate streets and lanes, all of very brief extent. The main street, in consequence of its forming the place of junction of the leading roads from Limerick, Cork, Waterford, New Ross, and the many intermediate towns, to Dublin, has a stirring and lively appearance; but the town, as a whole, presents a

character far beneath the tone of its great advantages of situation; and the rows of cabins in the outskirts are poor, miserable, and to a great extent ruinous. Public Buildings.]-A priory for canons regular of the order of St. Augustine, was founded at Naas in the 12th century; and its possessions were granted, at the general dissolution, to Richard Mannering. An abbey for Dominican friars was founded about the year 1355, by the Eustace family, near the centre of the town; and, together with its appurtenances, it was granted at the dissolution to Sir Thomas Lutterell, and was afterwards sold by Lord Carhampton, Sir T. Lutterell's descendant, to Mr. Finlay of Dublin. A monastery for friars-eremites of the order of St. Augustine, was founded at Naas in 1484; and a lease of it was granted in the 26th year of Queen Elizabeth to Nicholas Aylmer. Some remains of the Augustinian monastery still exist. The old church, now incorporated with additions or enlargements, and constituting the parochial church of Naas, is an uninteresting edifice; and its unfinished steeple was erected by one of the Earls of Mayo. A pyrainidal monument of black and white marble, situated within the walls of the church, was "erected by John, fourth Earl of Mayo, in memory of his grandfather, John, first Earl of Mayo, and his father, Joseph Deane, Lord Archbishop of Tuam and Earl of Mayo, who died in 1794." A small almshouse, for four poor widows, was founded in Naas by the family of Lattin. The large modern workhouse and the fever hospital will be noticed in connection with the Poor-law union. A strong square tower near the church, is called the Castle of Naas, belongs to the Burgh family of Oldtown, and was constituted the parsonage house of Naas. A large moat at the upper end of the town is a remarkable object. A large new barrack stands in the western outskirts of the town; and the gaol and court-house stand between the town and the barrack. The gaol is a new structure; and contains 18 cells large enough, and heated with hot air from a stove or furnace, for separate confinement: its entire accommodation comprises 44 cells, and 8 beds in 4 other rooms; and, in 1843, the average number of prisoners was 51, the greatest number was 83, the total number, including debtors, was 330, and the total expenditure was £1,364 9s. 84d. The old market-house stood in the centre of the main street; but the present markethouse, much to the damage of the retail trade, is situated at the extremity of the town, toward the Canal.

Trade.]-Naas has by no means prospered in proportion to the number and value of its advantages for trade; but, on the contrary, has experienced some decline, while the nearest markets, possessed of no kindred advantages, have been improving. The cut from the Grand Canal at Osberstown and Callan-Bridge to Naas, a distance of about 2 statute miles, was completed in 1789, at the cost of £12,300. The Grand-Trunk line of railway, as projected by the Public Commissioners, passes within 24 miles of the north-west outskirt of the town. The public conveyances in 1838 were a car to Ballymore-Eustace, a caravan to Dublin, a car to Newbridge, a caravan in transit between Dublin and Kilcullan, three coaches in transit between Dublin and Kilkenny, a coach in transit between Dublin and Birr, a coach and a mail-coach between Dublin and Waterford, a coach in transit between Dublin and Thurles, a caravan in transit between Dublin and Roscrea, a coach in transit between Dublin and Clonmel, two mail-coaches in transit between Dublin and Cork, a caravan in transit between Dublin and Mountrath, a caravan in transit between Dublin and Mountmellick, a coach in transit between Dublin and Carlow,

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