Balfeighan, Meath
Historical Description
BALFEIGHAN, a parish, in the barony of UPPER DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N.) from Kilcock; containing 155 Inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Kilcock to Summerhill, and is one mile and a half in length and one mile in breadth. Piercetown, the residence of T. Cullen, Esq., is within its limits; and the Royal Canal runs through the southern verge of the parish. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, and forms part of the union of Raddonstown : the tithes amount to £87.13. 9½. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the district of Batterstown. There are some remains of the old church.
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Directories & Gazetteers
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Land and Property
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