GRANGEROSNOLVIN, a parish, in the barony of
Kilkea and Moone, county of Kildare, and province
of Leinster, 3 miles (S. W.) from Ballytore, on the
road from Kilcullen to Castledermot; containing 114
inhabitants. It comprises 1377 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, and valued at £615 per
annum. A nunnery is traditionally stated to have existed
here, but there are no traces of it. It is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, forming part of
the union of Castledermot: the tithes amount to £75.
In the R. C. divisions also it is part of the union or district
of Castledermot.