BENEKERRY, otherwise BUSHERSTOWN, a parish,
in the barony of RATHVILLY (but locally in that
of Carlow), county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER,
2½ miles (E. N. E.) from Carlow; containing 135
inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from
Carlow to Tullow, and is bounded on the south-west
and east by the river Burren: more than four-fifths
consists of meadow and pasture land, and the remainder
is arable, with a few acres of woodland. In the ecclesiasfical
divisions it is not regarded as a parish, but as
forming part of that of Urglin, the incumbent of which
receives the tithes, except of about ten acres, which pay
tithe to the incumbent of Ballinacarrig or Staplestown.