In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Dunbell like this:
DUNBELL, a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (S. E.) from Kilkenny, on the road to Gowran; containing 567 inhabitants. This parish comprises 4299 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Burnchurch : the tithes amount to £277. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Gowran.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dunbell, in and County Kilkenny | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27260
Date accessed: 18th May 2024
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