SHERLOCKSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of
NORTH-NAAS, county of KILDARE, and province of
LEINSTER, 2 miles (S. E.) from Clane, on the road to
Celbridge; containing 52 inhabitants. It is situated on
the Grand Canal, and contains Sherlockstown House,
the handsome modern mansion of W. R. Sherlock, Esq.,
and Prospect, belonging to the same family. It is a
perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Kildare, forming part
of the union of Bodenstown: the tithes amount to £35.
In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district
of Kill and Lyons.