BALLYCOMMON, a parish, in the barony of LOWER-PHILIPSTOWN,
KING'S county, and province of ULSTER, 3½ miles, (W.)
from Philipstown, on the road from
Dublin to Tullamore, containing 1226 inhabitants. It
comprises about 6730 statute acres, of which 4244 are applotted
under the tithe act: about 2503 acres are pasture,
and 1743 arable land; and there are 2430 acres of bog, 50
of waste, and 5 or 6 of woodland. The living is a rectory,
in the diocese of Kildare, and in the patronage of the
Crown; the tithes amount to £138. 9. 2¾. The church
has been lately repaired by a grant of £335 from the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The glebe-house was built
by aid of a gift of £450 and a loan of £160, in 1817,
from the late Board of First Fruits; the glebe com-
prises 3a. lr. 15p. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Philipstown.
There is a school aided by private subscriptions,
also a hedge school, in each of which are about 40
children.