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The ecclesiastical register: containing the names of the dignitaries and parochial clergy of
Ireland: as also of the parishes and their respective patrons and an account of monies granted for building churches and glebe-houses with ecclesiastical annals annexed to each diocese and appendixes:
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There are three adjacent townlands of the same name - Saint
Catherine's Park; two are located in Salt North (one in the parish of Leixlip and the other in the parish of Confey); the remaining townland is also in the parish of Leixlip but in the barony of Newcastle.
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On a prominence above the Liffey / Rye confluence stands "Leixlip Castle", one of the oldest continuously inhabited castles in
Ireland. It is downstream of the salmon leap waterfall, now flooded. The castle is currently the residence of members of the
94:. The soil was recorded as "good" with a considerable portion of the land being "in pasture for fattening stock for the Dublin, Liverpool, and Bristol markets, and the remainder is under tillage". Lewis recorded that the living was a
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184:. The church building in Leixlip parish, "Our Lady's Nativity", is located on Pound Street, Old Hill. It was constructed between 1830 and 1840 and is named in honour of the
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188:. The church building in Confey parish, "St. Charles Borromeo", is located on "Captain's Hill". The parish was constituted in 1984 from Leixlip under the care of the
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Like all civil parishes, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with a pre-existing ecclesiastical parish of the same name, as used in the
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According to Lewis' Topography of
Ireland (1837), the parish contained 1624 inhabitants, of which 1159 were in the town and it comprised 7974 statute
223:. For convenience, the table below groups the parish's townlands by barony. The barony also indicates the townlands' location in one of the modern
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118:"It is a fine and imposing house that, despite a subsequent change of ownership and use, retains most of its original form and character."
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There are thirteen townlands in the parish. Six of these are located in the barony of
Newcastle. While this barony is mostly situated in
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490:, County Longford. Two kilometres to the east of Louisa Bridge, the canal is crossed by Cope Bridge. In 1990, a new railway station -
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flows in a south-easterly direction until its confluence with the Liffey at the western edge of the village's Main Street. Near
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459:, flowing from west to east, forms the southern boundary of the parish. From the north-western corner of the parish, the
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The parish's eponymous "salmon leap" was a 5-metre waterfall on the Liffey, upstream from the village. In 1945, a
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In the most westerly townland of the parish - Collinstown - is found Deey Bridge and the 13th lock of the canal.
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in the "Leixlip Union of
Parishes". St. Mary's church is located off the Main Street. The building - a listed
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Louisa Bridge is linked to a series of stations by the "Royal Canal Way" which is a 144-kilometre (89-mile)
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Confluence of the Rye (right) with the Liffey (centre to left), at the boathouse of
Leixlip Castle
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219:. The remaining seven townlands are located in the barony of Salt North which is situated in
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was built on the site and its reservoir flooded the waterfall. The dam generates 4
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62:. In geology, the parish rests on a substratum of limestone, and contains
1078:"Liffey Stations – Power Stations – About ESB – Electricity Supply Board"
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Our Lady's
Nativity Catholic Church, Pound Street, Old Hill, Leixlip
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114:. The building stills stands and the National Register notes that:
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In the
Catholic Church, the civil parish is divided between the
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containing among other things several cases of quare impedit
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is located in a large industrial estate in the townland.
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Cope Bridge with Confey station visible under the arches
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1049:"Leixlip & Guinness: The Brewing Legend Begins!"
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Leixlip Glebe House (former), Pound Street, Leixlip
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Church of Our Lady's
Nativity in the Catholic Church
685:. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
494:- was constructed here in the townland of Newtown.
110:house was built in 1822 by a loan of ÂŁ562 from the
54:with a small part in the neighbouring barony of
520:"List of Parishes of the Archdiocese of Dublin"
622:. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
8:
46:. The civil parish is mainly in the ancient
1162:A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
482:that follows the towpath of the canal from
993:"Saint Catherine's Park | logainm.ie"
817:"Saint Catherine's Park | logainm.ie"
655:Saint Mary's Church, Main Street, Leixlip
192:and the church was named in honour of St.
165:- was constructed between 1780 and 1820.
145:St. Mary's church in the Church of Ireland
86:1891 portrait of the Salmon Leap Waterfall
66:springs. It lies at the confluence of the
1140:The Royal Canal Route: Leixlip to Kilcock
707:"Leixlip civil parish | logainm.ie"
471:. It also receives an overflow from the
467:, the Rye Water receives water from the
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102:in the patronage of the Archbishop. The
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38:located in the north-eastern corner of
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620:Search Building & Garden Surveys
525:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
106:of the parish amounted to ÂŁ600. The
927:"Leixlip Demesne | logainm.ie"
795:"Pass-If-You-Can | logainm.ie"
451:Deey Bridge at Collinstown townland
1204:- location at Collinstown, Leixlip
157:, the parish is today united with
14:
1223:Civil parishes of County Kildare
839:"Westmanstown | logainm.ie"
679:"Placenames Database of Ireland"
30:, meaning 'Salmon's leap') is a
1024:"Leixlip civil parish, Kildare"
883:"Collinstown | logainm.ie"
58:. It is centred on the town of
16:Irish civil parish and townland
729:"Allenswood | logainm.ie"
568:From official parish websites
1:
773:"Laraghcon | logainm.ie"
465:Louisa Bridge railway station
180:of Leixlip and Confey in the
861:"Barnhall | logainm.ie"
751:"Coldblow | logainm.ie"
207:, a small part north of the
971:"Newtown | logainm.ie"
949:"Leixlip | logainm.ie"
582:- Leixlip Union of Parishes
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1151:Leixlip Chronology 1750-80
905:"Easton | logainm.ie"
669:- Register number 11804033
657:- Register number 11804017
645:- Register number 11804040
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1117:Redemptorists in Ireland
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374:Diméin Léim an Bhradáin
528:. Archdiocese of Dublin
410:Saint Catherine's Park
311:Saint Catherine's Park
178:ecclesiastical parishes
137:Ecclesiastical parishes
1058:. Leixlip Town Council
616:"Buildings of Ireland"
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112:Board of First Fruits
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1182:Irish Sports Council
1102:John Caillard Erck,
407:Páirc San CaitrĂona
308:Páirc San CaitrĂona
186:Nativity of Our Lady
1129:Leixlip around 1798
1028:www.johngrenham.com
480:long-distance trail
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473:Royal Canal
469:Leixlip Spa
267:Allenswood
513:References
331:Salt North
289:Laraghcon
64:chalybeate
52:Salt North
488:Cloondara
461:Rye Water
344:Barnhall
278:Coldblow
254:Newcastle
199:Townlands
153:. In the
131:Megawatts
72:Rye Water
56:Newcastle
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1088:18 April
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689:15 March
509:family.
507:Guinness
427:Features
399:Newtown
388:Leixlip
227:areas.
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683:Logainm
366:Easton
96:rectory
78:History
60:Leixlip
44:Ireland
20:Leixlip
1202:Intel
259:Fingal
248:Acres
234:Barony
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