CLONALVEY, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-DULEEK,
county ofMEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
8 miles (S.) from Drogheda, on the road from Naul to
Navan; containing 1055 inhabitants. It comprises 4928
statute acres, of which 1661 are applotted under the tithe
act: the land is in a high state of cultivation, being almost
equally divided between arable and pasture. Part of the
bog of Garristown is in this parish, but has been reclaimed;
and there is a very good quarry of flag-stones near
the ruins of the church. About 50 cotton-looms are
employed by the Dublin and Drogheda manufacturers.
It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Meath, and is part of
the union of Julianstown; the rectory is impropriate in
the Rev. Mr. Beaufort. The tithes amount to £155,
of which £100 is payable to the impropriator, and £55
to the vicar. There is a glebe of 20 acres, valued at
£43. 15. 10½. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Ardcath; the chapel is a neat
modern building. There is a national school, aided by
£5 per ann., from the parish priest, in which 50 boys
and 30 girls are taught. There are some remains
of the old church, also of a. large rath at Grange.