WALTERSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of WEST-OPHALY,
county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER,
3½ miles (S. S. W.) from Kildare, on the road to
Athy; containing 298 inhabitants. It is a rectory, in
the diocese of Kildare, forming part of the union and
corps of the prebend of Nurney: the tithes amount to
£125. 5. 1. A new church is now being erected here, the
church of Kildangan having become dilapidated. In
the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Kildare. Of the ancient church and burial-ground of
Walterstown not a vestige now exists; nor is there any
trace remaining of the ancient castle, traditionally
stated to have belonged to a branch of the Fitzgerald
family.