GRAIG - CARLOW
About 1823 Dr. Doyle detached Sletty from Arles
parish and added it to Killeshin. The Chapel in Carlow Graig had to be
enlarged to accommodate the new population. The larger portion of the
Chapel in Chapel Street was built probably at this time. It was designed
by Cohden who also designed the Church of Ireland Parish Church,
Killeshin. He also designed the spire of St. Mary’s Church, Carlow
Cathedral and as we have seen, Holy Cross Church, Killeshin.
GRAIGUE
according to the
LEWIS TOPOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY
OF
IRELAND 1837
by Samuel Lewis
GRAIGUE, a suburb of the town of CARLOW, in the parish of
KILLESHIN, QUEEN'S county, and province of LEINSTER; containing 1976
inhabitants. It is situated on the right bank of the river Barrow,
over which there is a bridge into the town of Carlow, but is
entirely exempt from the jurisdiction of the sovereign of that
borough, although included within its limits for electoral purposes
by the act of the 2nd and 3rd of William IV., cap. 89. It comprises
114 acres, and includes 234 houses, a large flour-mill, two tanyards,
and a distillery which manufactures more than 36,000 gallons of
whiskey annually. It is a constabulary police station, and has fairs
on Jan. 6th, Feb. 18th, April 1st, and Oct. 6th. The parochial
church (a handsome new building with a curious arched roof of
stone), the R. C. chapel, and the parochial and national schools,
are in the village; near which about 600 of the men who were killed
in the attack upon Carlow, in 1798, were buried
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