MITCHELSTOWN, or STROKESTOWN, a parish,
in the barony of LOWER-SLANE, county of MEATH, and
province of LEINSTER, 2¾ miles (S. E.) from Nobber, on
the road from Kells to Ardee, containing 303 inhabitMOC
ants. This parish comprises 738 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. It is a rectory, in the diocese of
Meath, forming part of the union of Syddan; the tithes
amount to £46.3. 1.; the glebe comprises 8½ acres, valued
at £10. 4. 8. per annum. In the R. C. divisions it
is part of the union or district of Lobbinstown. There
are remains of an old church, and of a castle contiguous.