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Balfeaghan

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BALFEIGHAN, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N.) from Kilcock; containing 155 inhabitants.

It is situated on the road from Kilcock to Summerhill, and is one mile and a half in length and one mile in breadth.

Piercetown, the residence of T. Cullen, Esq., is within its limits and the Royal Canal runs through the southern verge of the parish. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, and forms part of the union of Raddonstown: the tithes amount to £87.13. 9½. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the district of Batterstown. There are some remains of the old church.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

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The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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The entry for Balfeaghan from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

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