PHILIPSTOWN-NUGENT, a parish, in the barony
of UPPER-DUNDALK, county of LOUTH, and province of
LEINSTER, 2¾ miles (W. N. W.) from Dundalk, on the
road to Castle-Blayney and on the river of Philipstown;
containing 459 inhabitants. It comprises, according to
the Ordnance survey, 1035¾ statute acres of land, chiefly
in tillage. Here are the extensive flour-mills of Messrs.
Keiran, fitted up in a superior manner; and at Hackball's
Cross is a station of the constabulary police. It
is a curacy, in the diocese of Armagh, forming part of
the union of Baronstown; the rectory is appropriate to
the dean and chapter of Christ-Church, Dublin. The
tithes amount to £107. 13. 5. The glebe-house is a
handsome residence surrounded by neatly planted
grounds; and nearly adjoining it is the church of the
union, which is noticed in the article on Baronstown.
In the R. C. divisions also the parish is in the union
or district of Baronstown.