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Kilclone  County Meath

 

In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Kilclone like this:

KILCLOAN, a parish, in the barony of UPPER DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (N. E.) from Kilcock, on the road from Summerhill to Dunboyne; containing 321 inhabitants. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, and forms part of the union of Raddonstown: the tithes amount to £110. ...


15. 4 ½. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a union or district, called Batterstown, comprising Kilcloan, Raddonstown, Ballymaglasson, Rathregan, Balfeighan, and Moyglare, and containing three chapels; that of Kilcloan is a neat modern building. About 70 children are educated in a private school, to which Gen. Vandeleur contributes £4 annually. Here is Mulhussey Castle, the property of F. Meath McVeigh, Esq.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilclone, in and County Meath | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28106

Date accessed: 17th May 2024


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