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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Smarmore contained the following places:"SMARMORE, a parish in the barony of Ardee, county Louth, province of Leinster, Ireland, 21½ miles S.S.W. of Ardee, its post town. It is 2¼ miles long by 1 mile in breadth, and occupies the S.W. of the barony, adjoining the county of Meath. The land is chiefly in tillage. The living is a vicarage in the benefice of Ardee, the inhabitants are wholly Roman Catholic. In the demesne of Smarmore Castle, the residence of Myles Taaffe, Esq., three Danish raths are still preserved."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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