Place:


Salterstown  County Louth

 

In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Salterstown like this:

SALTERSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of FERRARD, county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (N. E.) from Dunleer; containing 354 inhabitants, of which number, 93 are in the hamlet. It is situated on the bay of Dundalk, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 1047 ¾ statute acres, the greater part of which is excellent land. ...


A lead and copper mine was formerly worked here. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Armagh, forming part of the union of Dunany; the lands are tithe-free, having formerly belonged to the abbey of Mellifont. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the district of Dysart and Clonmore.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Salterstown, in and County Louth | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28097

Date accessed: 29th September 2024


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