County Meath
"Meath, a county of Ireland, province of Leinster, bounded N by Cavan, Monaghan, and Louth; E by the Irish Channel and the port of Dublin; S by Kildare; and W by W. Meath, 36 m. long, and 44 1/2 broad. It consists in general of flat pasture land; the soil a rich fertile loam. It is noted for grazing and tillage. Some marshes on the Moynalty river feed an immense number of horses in the summer season; and the Kilcrew hills in the W adjoining Cavan, are remarkable for fattening sheep. The crops commonly cultivated are wheat, oats, barley, clover, flax and potatoes. Principal rivers, the Boyne, the Black Water, the tributary streams of the Nanny, the Rye Water, the Moynalty. Pop. 174,716. Chief town, Trim."
[From The New London Gazetteer (1826)]
Genealogy
- The Ireland Genealogy Project's County Meath page, and its listing of the Project's available Meath Records.
- The Irish Ancestors website (subscription) has the following types of records: State Registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths, Census returns, Land records, Church records, Genealogical Office records, Gravestone inscriptions, Directories, Newspapers, Wills, Deeds, and Occupations.
- Irish Ancestors' extensive County Meath website.
- The LDS FamilySearch Wiki's Ireland Online Genealogy Records for County Meath.
- The Fianna website's pages for County Meath provide important addresses and extensive information about online and other genealogy resources.
- Roots Ireland (subscription) "offers access to a unique database of more than 20 million Irish records". Its Meath coverage includes Baptismal/Birth Records, Marriage Records, Burial/Death Records, Census Records and Griffith's Valuation (Free Access).
- Graham Jaunay's On-line Irish Names Research Directory
- Meath Bulletin Board - Rootsweb
- On-line Irish Names Research Directory - surname listing for this county
Periodicals
From Fianna:
Riocht na Midhe (annual)
The Publication Secretary, Meath Archaeological and Historical Society,
Skryne Castle, Tara, Co. Meath