BLANCHFIELDSTOWN, or BLANCHVILLESKILL,
a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN, county of
KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles (W. byS.)
from Gowran; containing 224 inhabitants. This small
parish, is situated near the mail coach road from Dublin
to Cork, by way of Kilkenny, and comprises 660 statute
acres: the land is good and is principally under
tillage, and there is plenty of limestone. Blanchvillestown,
situated in a very neat demesne containing some
fine timber, is the property of Major-Gen. Sir J. Kearney,
and is held on lease by the Rev. Theobald Butler. It is
a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, and forms part of
the union of Kilfane and corps of the archdeaconry; the
rectory is appropriate to the vicars choral of Christchurch,
Dublin. The tithes amount to £69. 10. per
annum, of which £46. 6. 8. is payable to the vicars
choral, and £23. 3. 4. to the archdeacon. In the R. C.
divisions it is included in the union or district of Gowran.
There are some remains of the old church at
Blanchvilleskill.