DULEEN, or DULANE, a parish, in the barony of
UPPER-KELLS, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
2¼ miles (N.) from Kelts, on the road to Moynaltyj
containing 1503 inhabitants. It comprises 4150
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the land is
generally of good quality; and the system of agriculture
is improved. There is a sufficient quantity of bog for fuel,
and there are quarries of limestone and freestone. The
gentlemen's seats are Maprath, that of T. Taylor Rowley,
Esq.; Williamston, of the Rev. G. Garnett; Willmount,
of J. Radcliff, Esq.; and Oakley Park, of Capt. Graham.
It is a chapelry, in the diocese of Meath, forming part
of the union of Kells and corps of the archdeaconry of
Moath: the tithes amount to £'200; the glebe comprises
2a. 3r, 17p. In the R. C. divisions it is the head
of a union or district called Carnaross, comprising also
the parish of Loghan, in each of which in a chapel; the
chapel of Duleen is a neat edifice. There is a private
school, in which are about 50 children. There arc some
ancient crosses in Kiern churchyard, paid to have been
placed there by a saint of that name, which are held in
great veneration by the peasantry.