KILBEG, or KILMAINHAMBEG, a parish, in the
barony of LOWER-KELLS, county of MEATH, and province
of LEINSTER, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Kells, on the
road to Nobber; containing, with the parish of Robertstown,
1478 inhabitants. This parish takes its name
from a commandery of Knights of St. John of JerusaKIL
lem, founded by Walter de Lacy in the reigu of Rich. I.,
which was a cell to that of Kilmainham, near Dublin,
but of which no vestige can be traced. It is a rectory,
in the dioeese of Meath, and forms part of the union of
Newtown: the tithes amount to £180. The glebe-house
of the union is in this parish. In the R. C. divisions it
forms part of the union or district of Stahalmock; the
chapel is in the village of Carlanstown. About 150
children are taught in a school at Carlanstown, which is
aided by Sir H. Meredyth, Bart., who also gave a house
and an acre of land to the master.