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Rolestown (Irish: Baile Rothluis), is a small village six miles (10 km) north-west of Swords along the R125 in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. It lies about halfway between Swords and Ashbourne, County Meath. It is located around two parallel roads intersected by a road that crosses the Broadmeadow River by an old cut-stone bridge. Rolestown is also a parish in the Fingal North deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.
Rolestown lies on either side of a floodplain of the Broadmeadow River Valley. The northern part of the village is located on elevated ground. The area centred on the graveyard, old corn mill, bridge and approach to the gates of Rowlestown House, is characterised by distinctive heritage buildings and mature trees.
The settlement is located between the R125, which leads to Oldtown and Garristown, and the R106, which leads to Ballyboughal and Naul to the north, and Dublin Airport to the south. It lacks a core as it is mostly a townland and consists primarily of ribbon development, mainly one-off housing in the form of bungalows.
Traditionally, the Rolestown area has a distinct relationship with the town of Swords,[citation needed] located 7 km away. Many of the local council housing estates built in the Swords area were used to house families from the Rolestown/Kilsallaghan area. Most Rolestown families send their children to secondary schools in Swords, and many Swords residents play Gaelic football for Fingal Ravens GFC in Rolestown.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the parish of is part of a team ministry with Garristown and Naul.
Rolestown originated as a small river settlement at a crossing point of the Broadmeadow River several hundred years ago. The 1658 census of Ireland recorded 41 inhabitants of Rolestown (of 120 persons in the Clonmethan area, which included Rowlestown). Around 1700, lands were given to the Catholic Church for a chapel, garden and paddock.
The 1837 (First Edition) Ordnance Survey Map indicated that the village had grown sufficiently for a National School to be constructed on the edge of the village.
The church called Killossery (the church of St. Ossier in Irish) was built near the banks of the river in the seventeenth century. The parish of Killossery consisted of 2500 acres (10 km2) and over 380 inhabitants in the nineteenth century. The parish was so large at one point that it included all of Rolestown and Lispopple. The current church (pictured above) is named St. Brigid's Church and was built in the 1850s, and had some extensive repair work done in the late 1990s. The Big House (Rowlestown House) originally belonged to the Corbally family and is currently owned by the Griffin family.
Rolestown
Rolestown (Irish: Baile Rothluis), is a small village six miles (10 km) north-west of Swords along the R125 in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. It lies about halfway between Swords and Ashbourne, County Meath. It is located around two parallel roads intersected by a road that crosses the Broadmeadow River by an old cut-stone bridge. Rolestown is also a parish in the Fingal North deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.
Rolestown lies on either side of a floodplain of the Broadmeadow River Valley. The northern part of the village is located on elevated ground. The area centred on the graveyard, old corn mill, bridge and approach to the gates of Rowlestown House, is characterised by distinctive heritage buildings and mature trees.
The settlement is located between the R125, which leads to Oldtown and Garristown, and the R106, which leads to Ballyboughal and Naul to the north, and Dublin Airport to the south. It lacks a core as it is mostly a townland and consists primarily of ribbon development, mainly one-off housing in the form of bungalows.
Traditionally, the Rolestown area has a distinct relationship with the town of Swords,[citation needed] located 7 km away. Many of the local council housing estates built in the Swords area were used to house families from the Rolestown/Kilsallaghan area. Most Rolestown families send their children to secondary schools in Swords, and many Swords residents play Gaelic football for Fingal Ravens GFC in Rolestown.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the parish of is part of a team ministry with Garristown and Naul.
Rolestown originated as a small river settlement at a crossing point of the Broadmeadow River several hundred years ago. The 1658 census of Ireland recorded 41 inhabitants of Rolestown (of 120 persons in the Clonmethan area, which included Rowlestown). Around 1700, lands were given to the Catholic Church for a chapel, garden and paddock.
The 1837 (First Edition) Ordnance Survey Map indicated that the village had grown sufficiently for a National School to be constructed on the edge of the village.
The church called Killossery (the church of St. Ossier in Irish) was built near the banks of the river in the seventeenth century. The parish of Killossery consisted of 2500 acres (10 km2) and over 380 inhabitants in the nineteenth century. The parish was so large at one point that it included all of Rolestown and Lispopple. The current church (pictured above) is named St. Brigid's Church and was built in the 1850s, and had some extensive repair work done in the late 1990s. The Big House (Rowlestown House) originally belonged to the Corbally family and is currently owned by the Griffin family.
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