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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"CASTLETOWN-DELVIN, a parish and market town in the barony of Delvin, in the county of Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 11 miles to the N.E. of Mullingar, and 33 from Dublin byroad. Killucan station, on the Midland Great Western railway, is 6 miles distant. The parish is situated in a cultivated district, with small tracts of bog and waste land, and had a castle built by the De Lacys, of which there are some ruins, consisting of the walls and round towers: In the town is a police station; and petty sessions are held fortnightly. Castletown-Delvin is the seat of a Poor-law Union, and near it is the Union poorhouse, the name of which was changed to Delvin by the Privy Council. There is a market-house, and part of the old castle of the De Lacys was converted into a bridewell, but subsequently condemned. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value with the rectory of Clonarney, £233, in the patronage of the crown and the Marquis of Drogheda alternately. The church stands near the castle. There are in the town a Roman Catholic chapel and an embroidery school. Clonyn, lately the seat of the Marquis of Westmeath, who had the title of baron from this place, is now the residence of Colonel F. Greville. Rosemead is the seat of Lord Vaux; other seats are Ballyhealy, South Hill, Mitchelstown, &c. Besides the castle of the De Lacys, there are remains of several other old fortresses and round towers. Friday is the market day. Fairs are held on the 17th March, the 1st May, and the 1st December."

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