In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Shanlis like this:
SHENLISH, or SHANLESS, a parish, in the barony of ARDEE, county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (S. W.) from Ardee, on the road to Kells and Navan; containing 501 inhabitants. It is situated on the confines of the county of Meath, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 2038 ¼ statute acres, of which 217 are under water; the land is in general of good quality, and chiefly under tillage. ...
It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Armagh, forming part of the union of Ardee: the rectory is impropriate in Viscount Ferrard, to whom the tithes, amounting to £82. 10., are entirely payable. In the R. C. divisions also it forms part of the union or district of Ardee.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shanlis, in and County Louth | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28098
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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