JULIANSTOWN

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

"JULIANSTOWN, a parish in the baronies of Lower and Upper Duleek, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland. Drogheda is its post town. It is 2¾ miles in length, by 2½ broad. The surface extends along the bank of the Nanny water. It is bounded on the W. by the sea, and is traversed by the road from Balbriggan to Drogheda. The soil is good. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value with three others, £363. The church was built in 1770. The parish forms part of the Roman Catholic district of Stamullen, and has a chapel at Demanistown. There area parish and one other school. The demesne of Ninch is the principal seat. The village contains a post-office and police station, and petty sessions are held once a fortnight. There is a dispensary within the Drogheda Poor-law Union. The bridge across the Nannywater was the scene of a battle fought in 1641, in which the Irish routed the royalists."

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