In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Ballycommon like this:
BALLYCOMMON, a parish, in the barony of LOWER PHILIPSTOWN, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 3 ½ miles, (W.) from Philipstown, on the road from Dublin to Tullamore, containing 1226 inhabitants. It comprises about 6730 statute acres, of which 4244 are applotted under the tithe act: about 2503 acres are pasture, and 1743 arable land; and there are 2430 acres of bog, 50 of waste, and 5 or 6 of woodland. ...
The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Kildare, and in the patronage of the Crown; the tithes amount to £138.9. 2 ¾. The church has been lately repaired by a grant of £335 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £450 and a loan of £160, in 1817, from the late Board of First Fruits; the glebe comprises 3a. 1r. 15p. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Philipstown. There is a school aided by private subscriptions, also a hedge school, in each of which are about 40 children.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ballycommon, in and County Offaly | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28136
Date accessed: 02nd May 2024
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