TULLY

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

"TULLY, a parish in the baronies of Kilcullen and Offaly, county Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland, 6 miles S.E. of Kildare. The parish contains a great proportion of bog, and is crossed by the road from Dublin to Castle-Dermot. The Curragh of Kildare is near its limits. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Dublin. In the Roman Catholic arrangement this parish is united to those of Kildare and Rathargan. The chief seats are Maddinstown House and Tully House. Here was formerly a commandery of the Knights Hospitallers, and there are ruins of a monastic establishment, the chapel of which still stands. This parish was the residence of General Sarsfield in James I.'s time."

"RATH BRIDE, a village in the parish of Tully, baronies of Kilcullen and East Offaly, county Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Kildare. A fair is held on the 6th July."

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