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Philipstown District

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PHILIPSTOWN, a district (extra-parochial), in the barony of FERRARD, county of LOUTH (though locally situated within the county of the town of Drogheda), and province of LEINSTER, 1½ mile (N.) from Drogheda, on the road to Dunleer; containing 70 inhabitants, and comprising 268¼ statute acres.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

See the parish page (Barony;Ferrard) on logainm.ie (The Placenames Database of Ireland)

The civil parish of Philipstown District contained the townlands of:
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Land & Property

Tithe Applotment Books 1823/37 for this parish on TNAI

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Maps

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You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference O0826378712 (Lat/Lon: 53.746944, -6.359706), Philipstown District which are provided by: