PHIBSBOROUGH, a village, in the new parish of
GRANGEGORMAN, barony of COOLOCK, county of DUBLIN,
and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N.) from Dublin,
on the road to Navan, and near the Royal canal;
the population is returned with the city of Dublin. Here
is a neat R. C. chapel belonging to the district of St.
Paul, with a residence for the chaplain annexed; also
a lending library, and a male and female national school,
in which about 200 children are educated.