Ward, Castleknock

Ward An Barda
Civil parish
Milestone on the R135 (old N2) at Ward
Ward Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°26′30″N 6°21′00″W / 53.441568°N 6.349926°W / 53.441568; -6.349926Coordinates: 53°26′30″N 6°21′00″W / 53.441568°N 6.349926°W / 53.441568; -6.349926
Country	Ireland
County	Fingal
Barony	Castleknock
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Ward (Irish: An Bharda) is a civil parish in Fingal, Ireland.^[1] It is part of the historical barony of Castleknock.^[2] The parish lies to the north-east of the parish of Mulhuddart, and is bounded to the south-east by the parish of Finglas. Its village, which was originally situated on one of the chief roads to the north of Ireland, has now been by-passed by the M2 motorway. It is famous as the meeting place of the Ward Stag Hunt.

History

After the Norman invasion of Ireland, the lands of la Garde, or the Ward, were possessed by the family of le Bank. Nicholas le Bank was granted extensive property in Ireland by King Henry II of England.^[3] In the first half of the thirteenth century a right of turbary in his "tenement near Finglas" was conveyed by Sir Raymond le Bank to the canons of All Saints. During the first half of the sixteenth century the castle, round which the village sprang up, was occupied by Richard Delahide, who was a judge. The castle came into the possession of the barons of Howth.

Civil parish

The Ward was formerly a chapelry of the parish of Finglas.^[4] The River Ward separates Ward from the barony of Nethercross to the north-east. At the confluence of the Ward and the River Pinkeen to the north-west, the parish borders County Meath. The old N2 national road, now the R135 Regional road, runs through the parish from north to south. Only the townland of Newpark lies to the east of the R135.

Townlands

The parish contains seven townlands of Cherryhound, Irishtown, Killamonan, Newpark, Spricklestown, Ward Lower and Ward Upper.

Ecclesiastical parishes

The nearest Roman Catholic Church is located at St Margaret's, a Chapel of Ease of the parish of Finglas whose main church is St. Canice's. In the Church of Ireland, the nearest churches are St Canice's, Finglas or in Mulhuddart.

Industry

McNally Crane Hire, Killamonan - Retrieved 2014-04-21

White House Hotel - Retrieved 2014-04-21

References

1. ↑ Ward civil parish - Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2014-04-21.
2. ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1840). A topographical dictionary of Ireland: comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs corporate, market, and post towns, parishes and villages ... : With an appendix describing the electoral boundaries of the several bouroughs as defined by the act of the 2d. and 3d. of William IV. Lewis. 
3. ↑ "SOUTHERN FINGAL, BEING THE SIXTH PART of A HISTORY OF COUNTY DUBLIN AND AN EXTRA VOLUME OF THE Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1920, p51
4. ↑ Lewis p674