Rahill and Broughlstown Civil Parish, County Carlow

RAHILL and BROUGHLSTOWN, a parish in the barony of RATHVILLY, county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles (S.) from Baltinglass (Co. Wicklow); containing 269 inhabitants.

This parish is situated at the northern extremity of the county, on the confines of Wicklow, and is bounded on the east by the river Slaney : it comprises 2636 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, about four-fifths of which consist of meadow and pasture, and time remainder of arable land, with a few acres of bog.

It is a rectory and impropriate cure, in the diocese of Leighlin ; the rectory is appropriate to the dean and chapter, and the curacy forms part of the union of Rathvilly : the tithes amount to £184. 12s. 3½d.

In the Roman Catholic divisions also it is included in the union or district of Rathvilly.

On the townland of Rahill are the ruins of the old church, with a burial-ground attached ; the surrounding scenery is of a pleasing character, embracing the mountains of Cadeen and Lugnaquilla, in the adjoining county of Wicklow

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