Gallow

GALLOW, a parish, in the barony of Upper-Deece, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Kilcock, on the road to trim; containing 640 inhabitants. About. one-third of it is in tillage, and the remainder is good pasture. The principal seats are Gallow, the residence of W. Maher, Esq.; Clarkstown, of T. Potterton, Esq.; and Ferrans, of I. North, Esq. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the union of Raddonstown: the titles amount to £129.4.7. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of luracor, or Summerhill. About 25 children are educated in a private school.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.