BLANCHFIELDSTOWN,
or BLANCHVILLESKILL, a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles
(W. by S.) from Gowran ; containing
224 inhabitants.
This small
parish is situated near the mail coach road from Dublin to Cork,
by way of Kilkenny city, and comprises
660 statute acres: the land is good and is principally under tillage,
and there is plenty of limestone.
Blanchvillestown,
situated in a very neat demesne containing some fine timber, is the
property of Major-Gen. Sir J. Kearney, and is held on lease by
the Rev. Theobald Butler.
It is
a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory,
and forms part of the union of Kilfane
and corps of the archdeaconry; the rectory is appropriate to the vicars
choral of Christ-church, Dublin. The tithes amount to £69. 10
shillings per annum, of which £46. 6 shillings and 8 pence is
payable to the vicars
choral, and £23. 3 shillings and 4 pence to the archdeacon.
In the
Roman Catholic divisions it is included in the union or district
of Gowran. Then are some remains of the
old church at Blanchvilleskill.
