KILLEARY, a parish, in the barony of LOWER-SLANE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
4 miles (S. E. by S.) from Nobber, on the road from
Navan to Ardee; containing 2343 inhabitants. It
comprises 7860 statute acres, and includes Parsonstown,
the property of the Rev. A. Blackburne, a handsome
residence in a demesne of above 600 statute acres. It
is a vicarage, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of
the union of Syddan; the rectory is in the patronage of
the Crown and the Bishop. The tithes amount to
£323. 1. 6¼. of which £212. 6.,l¾. is payable to the
rector and the remainder to the vicar, who has a glebe
of 3a. 2r. I6p. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of
a union or district called Lobinstown, comprising also
the parishes of Syddan, Innismoth, and Mitchellstown,
and containing chapels at Lobinstown and Heronstown.
About 30 children are educated in a public and 160 in
four private schools.