KILLADERRY, a parish, in the barony of LOWER-PHILIPSTOWN,
KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER,
on the road from Dublin to Tullamore; containing,
with the post-town of Philipstown, 2862 inhabitants.
This parish comprises about 3000 statute acres,
of which 2149 are applotted under the tithe act; it is
intersected by the Grand Canal, and contains a considerable
quantity of bog. Here is the Fort, the residence
of J. B. Smith, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Kildare, united to the rectory of Ballykeane,
and in the patronage of the Gifford family, who are
impropriators of the rectory; the tithes amount to
£180, of which two-thirds are payable to the impropriators,
and one-third to the vicar. The church is a
small plain building. In the R. C. divisions it is the
head of a union or district, called Philipstown, comprising
the parishes of Killaderry, Ballycommon, and Kilclonfert,
and containing two chapels, one at Philipstown
and the other at Kill. There are three places of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists. At Philipstown is
a school of about 90 children, under the trustees of
Erasmus Smith's charity, by whom the school-house
was erected, at an expense of £250, on ground given
by the Countess Fitzwilliam; it is under the. patronage
of Lord Ponsonby. There are also two other public
schools, in which are about 150 children, a private
school of about 30 children, and a Sunday school.
Some remains of the old castle yet exist. See PHILIPSTOWN.