A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PHILIPSTOWN, an extra-parochial district, in the barony of FERRARD, county of LOUTH (though locally situated within the county of the town of Drogheda), and province of LEINSTER, 1 ½ mile (N.) from Drogheda, on the road to Dunleer; containing 70 inhabitants, and comprising 268 ¼ statute acres.
(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ferrard IrlBarony Louth IrlC |
| Place: | Philipstown in Ferrard |
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