In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Hainstown like this:
HAINSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of SOUTH SALT, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 2 ½ miles (E. by N.) from Naas, with which the population is returned: It is a chapelry, in the diocese of Kildare, united with that of Furnaughts, and in the gift of the bishop: the tithes amount to £6. 17. 6. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kill.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hainstown, in and County Kildare | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27937
Date accessed: 18th May 2024
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