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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Monknewtown contained the following places:"MONKNEWTOWN, a parish in the barony of Upper Slane, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N.E. of Ibane. It is 3½ miles long, and its greatest breadth is 2 miles. The rivers Boyne and Mattock bound it on S. and E., and the road from Slane to Drogheda passes through the parish. There is a Roman Catholic chapel and a day school. Knowth House is the chief seat in the neighbourhood."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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