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St Thomas, the Apostle parish is an ecclesiastical parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. [1] It is served by the church of "St Thomas, the Apostle". The parish is centered on "Laurel Lodge" district and the townland of Carpenterstown [2] in the civil parish of Castleknock, [3] Fingal in Ireland.
Castleknock (Irish: Caisleán Cnucha) is a civil parish and a townland located in the south-western corner of the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. [ 4 1 ] The civil parish is part of the ancient barony of Castleknock .
Castleknock (Irish: Caisleán Cnucha) is an affluent suburb located 8 km (5 mi) west [3] of the centre of Dublin city, Ireland. It is centred on the village of the same name in Fingal. [4] [5] In addition to the suburb, the name "Castleknock" also refers to older units of land division: a townland, [4 1] a civil parish [4 2] and a barony. [4 3]
At the heart of the barony is the civil parish of the same name - Castleknock - which is one of eight civil parishes in the barony. In the townland of Castleknock itself is the location of the eponymous "Cnucha's Castle" - Castleknock Castle. The town with the biggest population in the barony is Blanchardstown.
Porterstown-Clonsilla is a parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. The church of St. Mochta's, located in Porterstown, serves the village proper. There are other parishes in the wider suburb. In the Church of Ireland, the parish is part of "Castleknock and Mulhuddart with Clonsilla".
Like all civil parishes, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with a pre-existing ecclesiastical parish of the same name, as used in the Church of Ireland. [6] In the Archdiocese of Dublin, the parish is today united with Castleknock and Mulhuddart in the "Grouped Parishes of Castleknock and Mulhuddart with Clonsilla".
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Finglas (Irish: Fionnghlas) [1] is a civil parish mainly situated in the barony of Castleknock in the traditional county of Dublin, Ireland. It contains 34 townlands . Today, the parish is split between two local government areas: the modern county of Fingal (to the west) and Dublin City Council (to the east).