COTLANDSTOWN, a parish, partly in the barony
of UPPERCROSS, county of DUBLIN, and partly in that
of UPPER-NAAS, county of KILDARE, and province of
LEINSTER, l¼ mile (E. by N.) from Ballymore-Eustace;
containing 459 inhabitants. This parish is situated on
the river Liffey, and on the road from Ballymore-Eustace
to Kilcullen. It comprises 1490 statute acres,
partly in pasture and partly under tillage; the system
of agriculture is improving, and the principal crops are
barley, oats, and potatoes. The gentlemen's seats are
Stonebrook, the residence of O'Connor Henehy, Esq.,
in whose demesne is the ancient parochial burialground;
and Mullaboden, of the Rev. H. Johnston.
The Dublin part of the parish is within the jurisdiction
of St. Sepulchre's Court, Dublin. The parish is partly
in the diocese of Dublin, and partly in that of Kildare:
the rectory of the Kildare portion is appropriate to the
see, and that of the Dublin portion forms part of the
corps of the treasurership of St. Patrick's cathedral; the
vicarage forms part of the union of Ballymore-Eustace.
The tithes amount to £69.15. 5¼., of which £49.7. 6¼.
is payable to the Bishop of Kildare, £4.7. 11. to the
lessee of the treasurer of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and the
remaining £8 to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions the
parish forms part of the union or district of Ballymore-
Eustace. In the Kildare part of the parish is a private
school of about 20 boys and 20 girls.