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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"MOSSTOWN, a parish in the barony of Ardee, county Louth, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles W.S. W. of Dunleer, its post town. It is 3½ miles long, and its greatest breadth is 2½ miles. The soil is all good. The White river, and the road from Dunleer to Collon, traverse the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value with Collon, £374, in the patronage of the primate and Viscount Massereene. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Dunleer and Dromyn."

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