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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"KILBRIDE, a parish in the barony of Dunboyne, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Dunboyne. The parish is 3 miles long by 1½ mile broad. It is situated on the road from Dublin to Ratoath. The arable land is good; there is likewise some extent of pasture. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value with Dunboyne, £275, in the patronage of the crown. The church is in ruins. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Dunboyne. There is a private day school. There are traces of a Danish fort at Ballintra."

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