Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oldcastle

Oldcastle, small market town and par. with ry. sta., NW. co. Meath, 14 miles NW. of Kells and 72 miles NW. of Dublin - par., 7907 ac., pop. 2564; town, pop. 952; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Monday.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Meath IrlC
Place: Oldcastle

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