Preban

Preban is a civil parish and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland. Preban townland, which has an area of approximately 1.12 square kilometres (0.43 sq mi), had a population of 54 people as of the 2011 census. The Record of Monuments and Places records an ecclesiastical enclosure, ruined church and graveyard, as well as a number of other possible hut and enclosure sites, within Preban townland.

Preban's Church of Ireland church, dedicated to Saint John and built in 1827, is in the townland of Tomcoyle. Listed by Wicklow County Council as a protected structure, it is a church of Tinahely Carnew Parish within the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.

References

  1. 1 2 "Preban Townland, Co. Wicklow". townlands.ie. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Preban". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis – via libraryireland.com.
  3. ↑ "CD174 - Wicklow Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2025. Population [..] Townlands [..] Preban, Ballinglen, Co. Wicklow: 54
  4. ↑ Kilfeather, Annaba; Grogan, Eoin, eds. (1997). Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. ISBN 0707649439.
  5. ↑ "Saint John's Church (Preban), Tomcoyle, Wicklow". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "St John's Church Preban". tinahely.wicklowheritage.org. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028 - Appendix 4 - Record of Protected Structures (PDF), Wicklow County Council, 2022, p. 51, retrieved 17 September 2025
  8. ↑ "Tinahely Carnew Parish". tinahelycarnewunion.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

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