In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Mullacrew like this:
MULLACREW, a village, in the parish, barony, and county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 6 ½ miles (S. W.) from Dundalk, on the road from Ardee, by Louth, to Castle-Blayney; containing 124 houses and 596 inhabitants. It is much resorted to as one of the most extensive marts for wool in Ireland, and for its fairs for cattle and pigs, which are held on Feb. 2nd, March 25th, April 4th, May 1st, June 17th, (which is the great wool fair), July 26th, Aug. 15th, Sept. 8th, Oct. 18th, Nov. 16th, and Dec. 21st.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mullacrew, in and County Louth | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29509
Date accessed: 29th May 2024
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