1st January 1837
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A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).

KILCREAGH, a parish, in the barony BALROTHERY, county of DUBLIN, and provence of LEINSTER, 2 miles (N. E.) from Swords ; the population is included in the return for Donabate, into which this parish has merged.

It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, incorporated with Donabate, and in the patronage of the Archbishop ; the rectory is appropriate to the economy fund of St. Patrick's cathedral : the tithes are included with those of Donabate. The church, which was very small, is in ruins.

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