DUNMURRY, a parish, in the barony of East-Ophaly,
county of Kildare, and province of Leinster,
2 miles (N.) from Kildare, on the road to Rathangan;
containing 155 inhabitants. This parish comprises
1054 statute acres, as applottcd under the tithe act,
which, excepting a few acres of common, are entirely
arable. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Kildare, forming
part of the union of Thomastown: the tithes
amount to £75. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Kildare. Dunmurry House is the
residence of E. J. Medlecott, Esq.