TIMOLIN

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

"TIMOLIN, a parish in the barony of East Narragh, county Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland. Ballitore is its post town. The parish is crossed by the road from Dublin to Carlow, and is traversed by the river Griese. It includes the village of Ballytore. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, value with four others, £272, in the patronage of the bishop. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, a Friends' meeting-house, two public and three private schools. The principal residence is Griesemount. This place derives its name from an abbey founded by St. Moling of Ferns, and which had a castle attached, burnt by Lord Narragh in the time of King John. Limestone and sandstone are quarried. Fairs are held on Easter Monday and 28th June."

"BALLITORE, a village in the parish of Timolin, barony of Narragh and Reban, in the county of Kildare, and province of Leinster, Ireland, 7 miles to the E. of Athy, and 36 miles from Dublin. It is situated on the confines of the county of Wicklow, on the banks of the river Greese, a feeder of the Barrow. It is a clean and pleasant village, inhabited chiefly by members of the Society of Friends. They have a meeting-house, erected in 1707, a school founded in 1726, at which Burke was once a pupil, a Lancasterian school, and a dispensary. Extensive flourmills have been established, which give employment to many of the workpeople. There is a savings-bank and a police station in the village. Ballitore House is the seat of T. Whiny, Esq. Ballitore was captured and held a short time by the insurgents in 1798. Fairs are held on the 10th March, the 15th August, and the 30th November."

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