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the vicar is £50 per ann., payable out of the estate of
Monkstown, and secured by the two noble proprietors.
The glebe-house, with three acres of land, formerly the
residence of Mich. Westropp, Esq., is held by lease for
ever from Robt. B. Shaw, Esq., at £25 per ann., deriv-
able from Primate Boulter’s augmentation fund. The
church, which stands on a picturesque elevation, is a cru-
ciform edifice in the early English style, with a tower
and spire, 70 feet high, at the east end: it was built of
hewn limestone, in 1832, at an expense of £950, raised
by subscriptions from the patrons and others; S. Hol-
lingsworth, Esq., contributed £350, and the noble pro-
prietors of the estate £100. It contains a fine organ
and gallery: the west window is of stained glass,
exhibiting the armorial bearings of the principal sub-
scribers. The bell has on it this inscription: “Monks-
town Protestant church, erected by voluntary contribu-
tions, collected in Ireland and England by Gerrard
Callaghan, Esq., M. P. for Cork, and the Rev. A. G. H.
Hollingsworth. The first Protestant church erected
since the Reformation. Lord Longford and Lord De
Vesci gave the endowment; Gerrard Callaghan, Esq.,
M. P. for Cork, first commenced the subscription, and
gave the ground for the church; Robert Shaw, Esq., of
Monkstown, gave the glebe in perpetuity. A. G. H.
Hollingsworth, the first Protestant incumbent; William
Hill, of Cork, architect. The church completed March,
1832. Robert Shaw and Wm. Andrews, churchwar-
dens.” In the R. C. divisions the parish is annexed to
West Passage and part of Carrigaline, the parishioners
attending the chapel at Shanbally. The parochial and
infants’ schools are in Passage; they were founded by
subscription in 1836, on land presented by W. Parker,
Esq., to be held so long as they shall continue scriptural
schools: the parochial school-house is very handsome,
and will accommodate about 250 children; it is open
to all children of Monkstown and Passage, and is
supported by subscription. Besides these there are
three private schools, in which are about 60 children.
A parochial library has been established for the use of
the poor, and an Indigent Room-Keepers’ Society has
been formed; both are supported by subscriptions.
There is a bequest of £10 per ann., made by Mrs.
Andrews, to the church, to commence after the decease
of her husband. Within the demesne of Monkstown
Castle, on the side of the glen, are the ruins of a small
chapel, which was the last retreat of a few monks from
the abbey of St. Mary, Bath: it was subsequently re-
paired and appropriated by the Archdeacon family, as a
domestic chapel. Numerous Danish forts, or raths, are
scattered over the parish; and on an elevated situation
a circle of very large stones, partly sunk in the earth,
and placed upright, are supposed to be the remains of a
druidical altar. Crystals of Irish diamond, very clear
and transparent, are occasionally found here; and there
is a chalybeate spring.
MONKSTOWN, a parish, in the half-barony of
RATHDOWN, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEIN-
STER, 5 miles (S. E.) from Dublin, on the road to Bray
by Kingstown; containing, with the town of Kingstown
and the village of Blackrock (both of which are sepa-
rately described), 9815 inhabitants. The parish pro-
bably derived its name from an ancient grange within
its limits belonging to the priory of the Holy Trinity,
Dublin. It is pleasantly situated on the bay of Dublin,
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and comprises 1214½ acres of land, of which a large
portion is in demesnes and pleasure grounds. The
scenery is beautifully diversified, and the neighbourhood
thickly studded with handsome seats and pleasing villas,
most of which command fine views of the bay and the
adjacent country. Of these, the principal are Monks-
town Castle, the residence of Linden Bolton, Esq., a
modern house, in the grounds of which are the ruins of
two ancient castles of unknown origin; Rockville, of S.
Bewley, Esq.; Bloomsbury, of J. Pirn, Esq.; Windsor, of
M. Thunder, Esq.; Ashton Park, of A. Thunder, Esq.;
Monkstown House, of Capt, Kirwan; Somerset, of W.
Disney, Esq.; Rochford, of G. P. Wallace, Esq.;
Ranelagh House, of Mrs. Molesworth; Rich View, of R.
Jordan, Esq.; Richmond Villa, of E. Alexander, Esq.;
Carrigbrennan, of J. Pirn, jun., Esq.; Richmond Cottage,
of R. Gray,Esq.; Glenville, of Mrs.Warburton; Glenville,
of H. Rooke, Esq.; Easton Lodge, of Col. Burgoyne;
Richview Priory, of R. Jordan, Esq.; Purbeck Lodge,
of Capt. Rochfort; Heathville, of J. M. Cheater, Esq.;
Plantation, of W. Plant, Esq., M.D.; De Vesci Lodge,
of R. Allen, Esq.; Hillsborough, of J. Pirn, Esq.;
Woodpark, of Mrs. Stepney; Avondale, of C. Hughes,
Esq.; Albany House, of A. Williamson, Esq.; Mill-
beach, of J. Williamson, Esq.; Monkstown, of E. Ma-
guire, Esq.; Thornhill, of B. Arthure, Esq.; Cromwell
Lodge, of J. Price, Esq.; Lark Hill, of T. Allen, Esq.;
Richmond Hill, of B. Grant, Esq.; Milfield, of P. Go-
garty, Esq.; Monkstown Hill, of S. James, Esq.; and
Seafield Cottage, of M. George, Esq. The Dublin and
Kingstown railway passes from Blackrock to Kingstown
along the coast of this parish. The living is a rectory
and curacy, in the diocese of Dublin, the rectory united
to those of Kill, Dalkey, Killiney, and Tully, together
constituting the corps of the deanery of Christ-Church,
Dublin, in the patronage of the Crown; and the curacy
united to the curacies of the same parishes, forming the
union of Monkstown, in the patronage of the Dean.
The tithes amount to £204.9., the whole payable to the
curate; the dean receives only two-thirds of the tithes
of the other parishes in the union, the remaining third
being also paid to the curate. The glebe-house is a
neat building, and there are two glebes, comprising to-
gether 14 acres. The church was rebuilt a few years
since in the later English style, and the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners have recently granted £216 towards its
repair. There are chapels of ease at Blackrock, Kil-
liney, and Kingstown. In the R. C. divisions the
greater part of the parish is within the union or dis-
trict of Kingstown. There is a place of worship for
the Society of Friends. About 780 children are taught
in five public schools, of which the parochial and in-
fants’ schools are supported by subscription, and two
under the new Board, of Education are aided by an
annual donation from the R. C. clergyman; there is also
a private school, in which are about 60 children. The
Rathdown dispensary, in this parish, was established in
1812, and from that time till June, 1835, afforded relief
to 28,424 patients. From an accumulation of its funds,
amounting to £500, an hospital was erected in 1834,
containing four wards with eight beds in each, and
apartments for the requisite attendants; it is situated in
a healthy spot, nearly in the centre of the barony, and is
supported by subscription. There are some remains
of the ancient church; and near the village of Glas-