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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Moorechurch contained the following places:"MOORECHURCH, a parish in the barony of Upper Duleek, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles E. of Duleek. Balbriggan is its post town. It is 4 miles long, and its greatest breadth is 2½ miles. The road from Balbriggan to Drogheda traverses the interior. The Dublin and Drogheda railway also passes through the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value with Julianstown, 5363. There is a Roman Catholic chapel united to that of Stamullen; also a hedge-school in the parish. Moorechurch House is the principal residence."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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