Editing Castleknock (section)

===Modern period===
Following the [[English Reformation]] and the [[dissolution of the monasteries]] under [[Henry VIII of England]], the Priory at Castleknock was destroyed and in 1609 a church was built on the site for the use of the [[Church of Ireland]]. The foundation stone of the church, which is in use today, still on the site of the Abbey, was laid in 1803.<ref>[http://castleknock.dublin.anglican.org/about-us/our-parish-history/ Church of Ireland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301131339/https://castleknock.dublin.anglican.org/about-us/our-parish-history/ |date=1 March 2021 }} - History of Castleknockparish</ref> The spire was added in 1864 by friends of the late [[James Hans Hamilton]] as a memorial to the 1st Baron Holmpatrick of Abbottown and [[Member of Parliament|MP]]for the County of Dublin.

Castleknock eventually came to be divided among a number of important families and their country estates. These included the Guinnesses at [[Farmleigh]], and Knockmaroon, the Laidlaws at Abbey Lodge, the Godleys at Oatlands, and the Brookes at Sommerton House.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://reynoldshistorycastleknockblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/knockmaroon-estate-local-history-castleknock/|title = Knockmaroon Estate – Local History Castleknock|date = 27 April 2018|access-date = 13 April 2020|archive-date = 13 April 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200413005856/https://reynoldshistorycastleknockblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/knockmaroon-estate-local-history-castleknock/|url-status = live}}</ref> The Earl of Iveagh's principal seat was at Farmleigh until 1999 when it was purchased by the Government of Ireland. It was restored and converted into a State Guest House and opened to the public in 2001. Although they left Farmleigh in 1999, the Guinness family are still present in Castleknock at Knockmaroon House and its Demesne, located on Carpenterstown Road and the seat of [[Lord Moyne]]. The [[Brooke Baronets]] lived at Sommerton House until they sold it in 1911 to the Laidlaw family who were resident at Sommerton and Abbey Lodge until the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laidlaw family|url=https://reynoldshistorycastleknockblog.wordpress.com/tag/laidlaw-family/|access-date=2021-07-30|website=History of Castleknock|date=16 November 2017 |language=en|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413005857/https://reynoldshistorycastleknockblog.wordpress.com/tag/laidlaw-family/|url-status=live}}</ref>