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Robertstown is now a townland within Kilbeg civil parish.

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Robertstown contained the following places:

"ROBERTSTOWN, an ancient parish in the barony of Lower Kells, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2½ miles S.W. of Nobber, its post town. The soil is good. The parish, which now forms part of Newtown, is crossed by the road from Nobber to Kells. There is no village, and only a few cottages. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, value with Newtown, £359, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. It is united to Stahalmock in the Roman Catholic arrangement. There are two schools.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018