KILTEEL, a parish, in the barony of SOUTH-SALT,
county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 5½ miles
(E. N. E.) from Naas, on the road from Dublin to Ballymore-
Eustace; containing 755 inhabitants, of which
number, 253 are in the village. The village comprises
43 houses, and is a constabulary police station; fairs
are held in it on May 1st, June 24th, Sept. 29th, and
Nov. 2nd. The parish contains 2935 statute acres. It
is a vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, forming part of
the union of Rathmore; the rectory is impropriate in
Col. Luke Allen. The tithes amount to £98.16, 2¼., of
which £65.17- 5½. is payable to the impropriator, and
the remainder to the vicar. In the R, C. divisions it is
part of the union or district of Blessington, Here are
the ruins of a castle.