Bagenalstown - Leighlin Bridge, Old
Leighlin, Borris, Royal Oak, Ballyellen, Ballyknockan, Fenagh, Milltown,
Nurney, Paulstown, Tinnehinch & Neighborhood's
BAGENALSTOWN,
or Bagenalstown, is a neat municipal town, in the parish of DUNLECKNY,
East Idrone barony county of Carlow, situated about two miles south from
Leighlin Bridge on the river Burrow. It has been increasing in
population and trade for a number of years and is now a place of
considerable business both in shop trade and that in corn and flour
several large mills are within its neighborhood. Near the town are
several extensive quarries of granite marble and limestone.
Sessions are held quarterly and petty sessions every third Friday.
Mr. Newton and Mr. Bagenal, the proprietors of the town have greatly
improved it, and many of the erections are very ornamental, especially
the sessions house, with its Ionic portico, and many of the private
houses are in good taste. Ward's is an excellent family and commercial
hotel. The Protestant Episcopal church" is a handsome building, with a
neat pinnacle tower.
The Roman Catholic chapel is also an ornament to the town; and there
is one for Wesleyan Methodists. There are two National schools here, one
of which is conducted by the nuns of the Presentation Convent, and there
are also a Christian Brothers' school and a school for infants. A well
supported fever hospital and a dispensary are additional establishments
in this spirited place. The contiguous mansion of Dunleckny, which has
been modernised, was the ancient seat of the Bagnals or Bagenals, who
settled in this county about the middle of the sixteenth century. Fairs
are held on the second Monday in each month. Population according to the
returns for 1861, 2,055, and in 1871, 2,309.
LEIGHLINBRIDGE
is a small town, partly in the parishes of
AUGHA and WELLS, barony of East Idrone, county of Carlow, 7 miles south
from Carlow, and was formerly a place of some importance, but it has
gradually declined to a mere village. The navigable river Barrow flows
past it. A stone bridge crosses the river, and at the foot of it are the
fragments of a once considerable castle, which was dismantled by
Cromwell. The country around is very pleasing, fertile, and well
cultivated. The Protestant Episcopal Church occupies a lofty site, and
its tower is a conspicuous object to a great distance. There is a Roman
Catholic Church and a National school. About a mile from the town is a
medicinal spa. A fair is held on the 14th of May. Population in 1861 was
1,245, and in 1871 1,066
BORRIS, or Borris-Idrone, is a village and post town in the
parish of CLONAGOOSE, Lower St. Mullin's barony, County Carlow 71 miles
s. from Dublin, and 16 s. From Carlow this place is situated near the
river Barrow on the road to Carlow and New Ross. Borris House the noble
seat of Arthur McMurrough Kavanagh, Esq. Is situated in an extensive and
richly wooded demesne, and commands fine views terminated on the
south-east by imposing views of the Backstairs mountains This mansion,
which is constructed in the English baronial style of the sixteenth
century, has been for ages the chief residence of the descendants of
Donald Kavanagh, son of McMurrough, last king of Leinster. Attached to
it is a very handsome private chapel, erected by the late Mr. Kavanagh,
and open to the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. The Roman
Catholic church is a handsome edifice, erected at an expense of £2,000.
There is a school, in which children of both sexes are taught, a
commodious building, erected and fitted up by local contributions
amounting to £274, and a grant of £97, from the National Board. Petty
sessions are held every third Thursday, and road sessions occasionally;
there is also a constabulary station. Fairs are held on the following
days: January 1st, February 5th, March 25th, May 1st, June 1st, July
2nd, August 15th, September 7th, October 4th, November 14th, and
December 4th. The population in 1861 was 879, and in 1871, 601.
OLD LEIGHLIN
is a parish in the barony of Idrone West, 1 1/2
miles s.s.w. of Leighlin Bridge. It sent two members to Parliament
before the Union, and is the seat of a diocese, founded in 632; it was
joined to Ferns in 1600, and to Ossory in 1836. The church or cathedral
was built or founded in 1185, and is in the plainest style of Gothic
Architecture. Although once a place of some consequence, it could only
boast in 1861 of 126 inhabitants, and in 1871, 181.
ROYAL OAK is a small village, in the parish of KILLINANE,
barony of Idrone West, county of Carlow, one mile from Bagenalstown, and
the same distance from Leighlin Bridge, situated on the river Barrow,
and on the road from Dublin to Carlow. The name of the place is derived
from that of an old and well -known inn in the vicinity, which was
established previously to the erection of the village. The population in
1861 was 107, and in 1871, 122..
POST OFFICE
BAGNALSTOWN, John Murray, Post Master.—Letters arrive from
Dublin, quarter past eleven morning, and at half-past twelve midnight,
and from Kilkenny and Waterford at a quarter-past three afternoon, and
are despatched to Kilkenny and Waterford at half-past ten morning, to
Dublin, &c. at a quarter before three afternoon and at a quarter before
twelve night. Money Order and Telegraph Office and Savings Bank Post
Office.
BORRIS, James Devine, Post Master letters arrive from all
parts arrive at five minutes past six morning and a quarter to twelve
noon, and are despatched at ten minutes past two afternoon and
twenty-five minutes past seven evening. Money Order and Telegraph Office
and Savings Bank.
LEIGHLIN BRIDGE, William Hargreaves, post Master arrive from
all parts via Bagnalstown at seven morning and at one afternoon, and are
despatched thereto at half-past one afternoon and at ten minutes to
eight evening. Money Order and Telegraph Office and Savings Bank.