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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"PORT, a parish in the barony of Ferrard, county Louth, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles E. of Dunleer, its post town. The surface consists of a good soil, and is traversed by the road from Dunany to Drogheda, on which stands the village. It has a coast line of about 1 mile in extent. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Armagh, value, with Rathdrummin, £248, in the patronage of the crown. There is a Roman Catholic chapel, also a day school. Seafield is the principal residence."

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