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MACETOWN, a parish, in the barony of SKREEN, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 4½ miles (N. E.) from Dunshaughlin, and near the road from Ratoath to Navan; containing 419 inhabitants It comprises 1572¾ statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; the land is of medium quality. It is a chapelry, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the union of Kilmessan: the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Drogheda. The tithes amount to £68, or which £58 is payable to the impropriator, and £10 to the incumbent. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Skryne. Here are the ruins of an ancient castle.
from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.
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| St Nicholas (ruins), Macetown, Catholic |
| St Nicholas (ruins), Macetown, Catholic |
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
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The entry for Macetown from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64
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