Gents Mag 1863 part 1 p.205

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1863 part 1 p.205
Kirkby Lonsdale   Kilkenny, Ireland
	Kirkby Lonsdale and Kilkenny, Ireland Kilkenny and S.-E. of Ireland Archaeol. Soc. ... ... Mr. Robertson reported a rather curious and interesting circumstance to the Society - the fact of a portion of a townland in the county of Kilkenny forming a part of the glebe pertaining to an English vicarage. He had been recently professionally engaged by the Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale, in Westmoreland, to survey and report on the dilapidations of two farm-houses and out-offices on the lands on Ballinabouola, parish of Tullaherin; and considering the circumstance of an English clergyman possessing land in Ireland somewhat strange, had mentioned the matter to the Rev. James Graves, who suggested that he (Mr. Robertson) should inquire of the agent of the incucmbent under what circumstances these lands had become attached to his vicarage. He accordingly had written to ask the question, and the following was the answer he had received:- "With regard to your inquiry about the connection between Kirkby Lonsdale and the land in Kilkenny, it seems that when Cromwell was in Ireland he marched through Kilkenny, part of his forces being led by a general called Redman. He laid siege to the old castle you might have seen on the south wing of the lands, and took it. For his services Cromwell gave him the lands, and Redman married his daughter to the then vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale, and gave the lands as a grant for ever to the vicars of that parish, who have since held them." Mr. Prim remarked that the old castle alluded to was obviously that of Ballinaboula, which, however, he understood from Mr. Robertson, was not situated on lands pertaining to the vicarage of Kirkby Lonsdale. The castle, with a considerable portion of the townland, had been from a remote period, and he supposed still was, part of the see-lands beloning to the bishopric of Ossory. ... The Cromwellian officer referred to in the letter was doubtless Colonel Daniel Redman, who had acquired property in Kilkenny, but apparently not by a direct grant from Cromwell. A document quoted by the author of the "Memoirs of the Grace Family" - who
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