Finglas () is a

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mainly situated in the

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Castleknock Castleknock () is an affluent village in County Dublin, Ireland, located west of the centre of Dublin city. It is in the modern county of Fingal. In addition to the village, the name "Castleknock" also refers to older units of land division: a ...

in the traditional

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. It contains 34

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s. Today, the parish is split between two

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areas: the modern county of

Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which ...

(to the west) and

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(to the east).

Location

Like all civil parishes in Ireland, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with, a pre-existing parish of the

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. The

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held a number of manors as cross lands. The manor of Finglas contained most of the area of the parish in four distinct parcels of 4,487 acres in total. The core of the parish is centered on the village of

Finglas Finglas (; ) is a northwestern outer suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies close to Junction 5 of the M50 motorway (Ireland), M50 motorway, and the N2 road (Ireland), N2 road. Nearby suburbs include Glasnevin and Ballymun; Du ...

, which lies within the barony of Castleknock. However, a substantial

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of the parish is situated within the neighbouring barony of Nethercross. Since Kilreesk has a ''cell'' toponym, this suggests that the church was a pre-

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chapel of ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to trav ...

. This parcel of land contains six

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. Additionally, within the barony of Castleknock itself, two further parcels of land, that are distinct from the core around the village, are situated to the north of the barony. The larger parcel contains six townlands around the Kilshane chapel of ease. The smaller parcel consists of a single townland and is surrounded by the civil parishes of

Mulhuddart Mulhuddart () is an outer suburb situated 12 km (7.456 miles) north-west of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The River Tolka passes near the village. Mulhuddart is also a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the Barony (Irelan ...

and Cloghran.

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Finglas
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{{Coord, 53.390175, N, 6.299629, W, type:landmark_region:IE, display=title Finglas Civil parishes of the barony of Castleknock Civil parishes of the barony of Nethercross