KILCARN, a parish, in the barony of SKREEN,
county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles
(S. S. E.) from Navan, on the mail coach road from Dublin
to Enniskillen; containing 546 inhabitants. About
two-thirds of it are under tillage; the soil is fertile, and
the system of agriculture improving. There are some
considerable corn and flour-mills, the property of J.
McCann, Esq., of Drogheda; and the river Boyne,
upon which the parish is situated, affords facility of
conveyance. The principal seats are Kilcarn House, the
residence of F. Murphy, Esq.; Kilcarn Lodge, of W.
Dillon, Esq.; and Upper Kilcarn, of Mrs. Barry. It is
a chapelry, in the diocese of Meath, and forms part of
the union of Skreen, or Skryne; the rectory is impropriate
in C.Barry, Esq. The tithes amount to
£127. 12. 2., the whole payable to the impropriator.
The church is in ruins. In the R. C. divisions it forms
part of the union or district of Athlumney: the chapel,
an old building, is to be converted into a school; and
a chapel is about to be built adjoining the residence of
the parish priest.