BATTERJOHN, a hamlet, in the parish of DERRYPATRICK, barony of LOWER DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER; containing 15 dwellings and 93 inhabitants. |
DERRYPATRICK, or DIRPATRICK, a parish, in the barony of LOWER DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (N. E.) from Summerhill, on the road to Skryne ; containing 435 inhabitants, of which number, 54 are in the hamlet ; and comprising 1932 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, entirely impropriate in Mrs. Reynell ; the clerical duties are discharged by the rector of Knockmark : the tithes amount to £107. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kilmore. |