STICKILLEN, a parish, in the barony of ARDEE,
county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile
(E.) from Ardee, on the road to Annagasson and the
sea coast; containing 294 inhabitants. It is bounded
on the north by the river Dee, and comprises, accord-
ing to the Ordnance survey, 1361¾ statute acres of excellent
land, chiefly under tillage. It is a vicarage, in
the diocese of Armagh, forming part of the union of
Ardee; the rectory is impropriate in Viscount Ferrard.
The tithes amount to £116. 14. 6., of which £100 is
payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the
vicar. In the R. C. divisions also it is part of the union
or district of Ardee. The ancient burial-ground still
exists.