RATHSARAN, a parish, in the barony of Upper Ossory, Queen's county, and province of Leinster, 2¾ miles (W.) from Rathdowney, on the road from Dublin to Thurles; containing 868 inhabitants.  This parish is bounded on the west by the county of Tipperary and comprises 2065 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act.  The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, and in the patronage of th Bishop; the tithes amount to £130, and the glebe comprises of 114 acres.  The glebe-house was erected by aid of a gift of £250, and a loan of £550, in 1820, from the late Board of First Fruits.  The church was built in 1797, by aid of a gift of £500 from the same Board.  In the R.C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Rathdowney, and contains a chapel.  The parochial school, in which are about 50 children, is aided by a contribution from the rector, and a grant of £8 per annum from the Society for Discountenancing Vice.
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837

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