CASTLE-BELLINGHAM, a post-town, in the parish
of GERNONSTOWN, barony of ARDEE, county of
LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 6 miles (3. S. E.)
from Dundalk, and 34 (N. by W.) from Dublin; containing
115 houses and 611 inhabitants. This town,
which is situated on the river Glyde, and on the mail
coach road from Dublm to Belfast, takes its name from
a castle belonging to the Bellingham family, which was
burnt by the forces of Jas, II. in their retreat before the
army of King William, previously to the battle of the
Pp
Boyne. The neighbourhood is embellished with several
handsome seats7 of which those of Lady Bellingham,
Miss Bellingham, Major Sweeny, and Mrs. Filgate are
the chief. An extensive brewery, in which the celebrated
Castle-Bellingham ale is made, and a large malthouse,
both belonging to J. Woolsey, Esq., give employment
to about 70 persons. Fairs are held 011 Easter-
Tuesday and Oct. 10th, for cattle, linen, &c. Here is a
constabulary police station. The parish church, remarkable
for its neatness, is situated in the town, and
contains a fine font and some handsome monuments-
There is a school supported by subscriptions; and a
dispensary. Near the church, and at the entrance to
the castle demesne, some neat cottages in the Elizabethan
style have been erected for four widows, and
endowed with £64 per ann., in 1826, by Sir W. Bellingham,
Bart. There are some remains of the ancient castle
near the river 3 and in a small bog adjoining, several
perfect heads, with part of the horns, of the elk or
moose deer have been found. See GERNONSTOWN and
GREENMOTJKT.