Garristown
Garristown () is a village in north-west Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Balrothery West. Location Garristown is 18 km north of Swords, and around 7 km northeast from Ashbourne. It is also a short distance from Ballymadun. It is located in hilly country, sloping down from west to east, with views towards the hills around the Naul. The village centre is 120m above sea level. History Records from 1200 show John Comyn, Archbishop of Dublin, granting the church at Garristown to the priory of Lanthony. William de Bardelby, later a senior judge, was parish priest here in 1318. By 1607, features included a windmill at Holtrass hill and two other mills, with of land within the townland. The village is also recorded in the Down Survey (1654). The medieval church was later replaced by a Church of Ireland church. Garristown's current street formation has not changed much since the Rocques map of County Dublin (ca. 1746). In 1837, the village had a population of 741, and the surrounding civil parish 2,801 There was a police station, a dispensary, a windmill and churches of both the Church of Ireland (with a