Carysfort, County Wicklow
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Macreddin Maigh Chríodáin
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The ruined Catholic church and Upper Macreddin Cemetery
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 Macreddin
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| Coordinates: 52°53′03″N 6°19′51″W / 52.8842°N 6.3309°WCoordinates: 52°53′03″N 6°19′51″W / 52.8842°N 6.3309°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Wicklow |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Irish Grid Reference | T12348278 |
Macreddin (Irish: Maigh Chríodáin, meaning "plain of Cridan"; formerly also Moycreedin; formerly officially Carysfort, also Cariesfort), is a hamlet in County Wicklow, in the southern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, 4 km north of Aughrim on the back road to Greenan. The historical borough is in the townland of Macreddin West in the civil parish of Ballykine, barony of Ballinacor South. It also gives its name to the adjacent townland of Macreddin East.
Wicklow County Council's 2010 development plan recognises the site as an "area of archaeological potential and significance" as "site of one of the few 17th century Plantation Towns established in Leinster". The pre-1800 parliamentary borough of Carysfort and the title Earl of Carysfort derive from Carysfort.
The name Macreddin is believed to come from the Irish Magh Chrídáin "plain of Cridan". In 1875, John O'Hanlon identified him as a Celtic Christian saint "Criotan, Credan, Credanus, or Cridanus", son of Iladon, who was also venerated at nearby Aghavannagh, and in Cornwall. Price says he was more likely a local chieftain at the time Saint Kevin proselytized the area. Macreddin was granted to the monastery of St Saviour, Glendalough in the 12th century. When the Diocese of Glendalough was merged with the Archdiocese of Dublin, Macreddin was transferred to the Priory of All Hallows in Dublin. On the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII, it was transferred to Dublin Corporation.
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