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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Monasterboice contained the following places:"MONASTERBOICE, a parish in the barony of Ferrard, county Louth, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles E. of Collon. Dunleer is its post town. It is 2 miles long by 1½ mile broad. The surface is traversed by the road from Drogheda to Ardee. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value with Moylary, £234, in the patronage of the crown. Monasterboice House is the principal residence. This place takes its name from an abbey which is said to have been founded here by St. Boice, or Buite, in the 6th century. It was spoiled in 968 and demolished in 1097. Here are the walls of two small churches, two stone crosses beautifully carved, and a round tower 110 feet high."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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