MYLERSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of CARBERY,
county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER,
2 miles (E.) from Edenderry on the road to Kinnegad;
containing 874 inhabitants. It is a vicarage, in
the diocese of Kildare, forming part of the union of
Carbery; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of
Downshire. The tithes amount to £73. 13. l0¼., of
which £53. 2. 7. is payable to the impropriator, and the
rest to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it forms part
of the union or district of Cadamstown. In a private
school at Calfstown about 50 children are taught. Ballinderry
House is the residence of the Misses Tyrrell.
There are some ruins of an ancient castle.