GILTOWN, a parish, in the barony of SOUTH-NAAS,
county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles
(S. E. by S.) from Kilcullen; containing 981 inhabitants.
This parish is situated on a small mountain stream, and
comprises 4335 statute acres, of which about 120 are
woodland, 70 roads, and the remainder good arable and
pasture land, the former noted for the growth of wheat;
the system of agriculture is improved. Fuel is very
scarce, turf being drawn from a distance of 7 or 8 miles.
Giltown House is the residence of the Rev. J. Borrowes.
It is a curacy, in the diocese of Dublin, forming part of
the perpetual curacy of Kilcullen; the rectory is impropriate
in Cramer Roberts., Esq. The tithes amount to
£69. 4. 7½., there is neither church, glebe-house, nor
glebe. About 18 children are taught in a private school.
There are some ruins of the old church, and in the
demesne of Giltown is a Danish rath.