Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CAPPOG, or KIPPOGUE

CAPPOG, or KIPPOGUE, a parish, in the barony of ARDEE, county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N.) from Dunleer; containing 542 inhabitants, of which number, 128 are in the village. This parish is situated on the road from Drogheda to Dundalk, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 1283 ½ statute acres, partly pasture but chiefly arable land. It. is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and constitutes part of the union of Dunleer: the tithes amount to £127. 11. In the R. C. divisions it is also part of the union or district of Dunleer.


(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cappoge IrlPar       Ardee IrlBarony       Louth IrlC
Place names: CAPPOG     |     CAPPOG OR KIPPOGUE     |     KIPPOGUE
Place: Cappoge

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