GARRISTOWN, a parish, in the barony of BALROTHERY,
county of DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER,
4 miles (N.W.) from Ashbourne; containing 2081 in
habitants, of-which number, 741 are in the village of
Garristown, and 218 in that of Baldwinstown. It is a
constabulary police station, and has a dispensary. There
is a windmill on a hill near the village, from which is
an extensive prospect, commanding a view over four
teen counties. Good building stone and turf are ob
tained in the parish; and fairs are held on May 5th,
Aug. 15th, and Nov. 1st. The living is a vicarage, in
the diocese of Dublin, and in the gift of Lord Trimleston,
in whom the rectory is impropriato: the vicarial
tithes were valued at £50, and there is a glebe of 25
acres. The church is a plain building: the glebe-house,
which was built in 1791, is in ruins. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is united to Ballymadun; there
is a chapel in each parish; that of Garristown was
erected in 1828, and galleries were added to the chapel
of Bullymadun in 1833. There is a national school, in
which about 100 boys are instructed, and there arc also
two private schools.