In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Philipstown in Ferrard like this:
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.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Philipstown in Ferrard, in and County Louth | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28083
Date accessed: 29th September 2024
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