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We James Eustace and Pilsworth Whelan Esqrs. Commissioners duly appointed and Sworn under and by virtue of an Act made in the 4th year of King George the 4th hereby Certify and declare that the foregoing Statement contains a true and just assessment and applotment of all Lands not being Tithe free with in the Parish of Ardristan according to the best of our skill and Judgements a sum the Revd. Mr. St. George is entitled to the whole assessment.

James Eustace } Tithe Commissioners 

Pilsworth Whelan

PARISH OF ARDRISTAN

The following was taken from the Ordnance Survey, Field Name of Books of County Carlow 1839, Vol I. 914.1882 A - C. a copy of which is held at the County Carlow Library.

Ardristan Ph.

Árd Dristeáin, the height of the brake, or of the place overgrown with brambles.

Ardristan

Ardriston

This parish is situated on the S.W. border of the barony of Rathvilly.  It is bounded on the N. by part of Fennagh ph.;  E. by Tullowphelim ph.;  S. by Aghade ph.; and W. by the phs. of Ballon and Gilbertstown.  It contains 1,570a. 3r. 31p.

It is of very small extent, comprising only two tds.  It is the property of Lord Downes of Bert House, near Athy.  It comprises meadow, pasture and arable land, with a small quantity of bog on the S.W. side.  The river Slaney bounds the east side, and the road from Baltinglass and Tullow to Newtonbarry traverses the ph. from N. to S., passing through its eastern area.  Ardristan House and Ellen Grove House together with the ruins of a church and graveyard are in the parish. The market and post town of Tullow is about 1½ miles distant.

Townlands

Ardristan

See parish name, Section 1.

This td. is ituated in the southern part of the parish.  It contains 858a. 1r. 1p., stature measure.

The proprietor is Lord Downes of Bert House, near Athy.  Agent, John Fitzmaurice of Carlow.  There are about 80 acres of bog in this td.;  the remainder is principally under cultivation.  It produces from 8 to 12 barrels of wheat, from 14 to 18 barrels of oats, or from 80 to 120 barrels of potatoes per Ir. acre.  County Cess is 1s.6d. to 2s. per Ir. acre, paid ½ yearly.  The surface of the td. is undulating, but rising from the S. Ardristan House, Ellen Grove House and the ruins of an old church are in this td.  Rents vary from 6s. to 35s. per Ir. acre.  The road from Tullow to Newtownbarry runs through the td. for about 1¼ miles.  

Ruscat

Ros Cat, the wood of the cats.

Roscat

This td. is situated in the northern part of the ph.  It contains 712a. 2r. 3p., statute measure.

The proprietor is Lord Downes.  About 1/3 of this td. is under grass;  the remainder is cultivated.  It produces from 8 to 10 barrels of whear, from 12 to 16 barrels of oats, or from 70 to 100 barrels of potatoes per Ir. acre.  Rents vary from £1 to 30s. per Ir. acre.  Co. Cess is 1s.6d. per Ir. acre paid ½ yearly.  The surface of the td. is nearly level, but rises towards the East.  At the N.E. corner of the td. there is a crossroads, called Castleuisce crossroads.  In the N.W. part of the td. there is a small bridge, called Aghmorough bridge.  The market and post town of Tullow is distant about 1½ miles.

Miscellaneous Features

Aghmorough Bridge

Achadh Murchadha, Murroght's field.

Aghmorough Bridge

This bridge is situated in the N.W. part of Roscat townland. It is a stone bridge with 2 small arches, water passing under both arches.  It is built over a stream that is the mering between Roscat td. and the parish of Gilbertstown.

Ardristan Church

See the name of parish.

Situated in the td. of Ardristan.

This was the ancient parochial church, now in ruins.  The walls of the N. side and about half the eastern end are entire and are covered with ivy.  One half of the south side is level with the ground.  The church is of granite, and consisted of a nave and chancel, divided by a pointed arch.  The length of the western portion, or nave, is 39 ft.;  that of the eastern portion, or chancel, is 21 ft., the total length of the church being 60ft., according to our measurments (P. O'Keefe).  There is no window of the church perfect.  The graveyard, in which there are numerous head-stones, has not been much used for many years.  it is now chiefly a Protestant burying-ground.

Ardristan House

Situated in Ardristan td., about 2 miles from the town of Tullow. 

This is a good, two-story house, slated, and with good slated stables and offices.  It is occupied by the proprietor, Hardy Eustace, Esq.

Ellen Grove

Situated in Ardristan td., and is a subdenomination thereof.  It is occupied by Mr. Cokely, a gentleman farmer. 

The residence is 2 stories high, slated, and is seemingly going to decay.  Attached to it are middling good stated stables and offices.  The post-town Tullow is 1½ miles distant.

End of the Parish of Ardristan

The following was taken from "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" written by Samuel Lewis in 1837, copies of which can be found in many Genealogical Libraries throughout the world.

ARDRISTIN, a parish, in the barony of RATHVILLY, county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, l¾  mile (S. W. by W.) from Tullow, on the road to Clonegal ; containing 543 inhabitants.  

It comprises 1525 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act ; and within its limits is a part of the suburbs of the town of Tullow, called the Green and Tullow-beg.  Except one townland entirely surrounded by the parish of Aghade, it is bounded on the east and south-east by the river Slaney.  More than one-half of its surface consists of meadow and pasture land ; the rest, with the exception of a small tract of bog, is arable.  

It formerly constituted part of the union of Aghade : the living is now a distinct impropriate curacy, in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the tithes amount to £145.  The ruins of the church, situated on the townland of Ardristin, are divided by a pointed arch and are 63 feet in length. 

In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Tullow.