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County Meath, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Knockcomon or Knockmoon
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
1840's
Irish Historical /Genealogical Maps - Past Homes Ltd. U.K.
KNOCKCOMON,
or KNOCKMOON, a parish, in the barony of LOWER DULEEK, county
of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
2 miles (S. E.) from Slane, on the road from Navan to Drogheda,
and on the river Boyne; containing 902 inhabitants.
It is a curacy,
in the diocese of Meath, forming part
of the union of Duleek; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess
of Drogheda, to whom the tithes, amounting to £148. 1s. 2½d.,
are payable.
In the Roman
Catholic divisions it forms part of the union or district of
Donore, or Rosnaree, at which latter place there is a neat modern chapel,
and another at the cross of Rathdrinath.
About 80 children
are educated in two private schools, to one of which Sir J. Hawkins Whitshed,
Bart., allows a house and garden rent-free.
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