Kells Lower (or Lower Kells, ) is a barony in
County Meath
County Meath ( ; or simply , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is bordered by County Dublin to the southeast, County ...
, Ireland.
Location
Kells Lower lies to the north of the town of
Kells, County Meath
Kells (; ) is a town in County Meath, Ireland. The town lies off the M3 motorway, from Navan and from Dublin. Along with other towns in County Meath, it is within the commuter belt for Dublin, and had a population of 6,608 as of the 2022 ce ...
and to the east of
Lough Ramor
Lough Ramor () is a large natural lake of 741 hectares situated near Virginia, County Cavan. From early records ''Vita Tripartita'' identified as being in the territory of Cenal Muinreamhair. The literal meaning of the term Muinreamhair is 'fat ...
.
It has an area of .
It contains ten civil parishes: Cruicetown, Emlagh, Enniskeen, Kilbeg, Kilmainham, Moybolgue,
Moynalty
Moynalty () is a village in the north-west of County Meath in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located at the junction of the R194 road, R194 and R164 road, R164 Regional road (Ireland), regional roads north of Kells, County Meath, Kells, n ...
, Newtown, Nobber, and Staholmog.
The earliest record of the place, in the form ''Cenondas'', is from 690 in the ''Life of St. Patrick'' preserved in the ''
Book of Armagh
The ''Book of Armagh'' or Codex Ardmachanus (ar or 61) (), also known as the ''Canon of Patrick'' and the ''Liber Ar(d)machanus'', is a 9th-century Irish art, Irish illuminated manuscript written mainly in Latin. It is held by the Library of Tri ...
''.
1846 description
The 1846 ''Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland'' said,
As of 1846 the population was 13,666.
2,109 families were mainly engaged in agriculture, 319 in manufacture and trade, and 134 in other occupations.
Of males at or above the age of five, 2,458 could read and write, 1,955 could read but not write and 1,055 could neither read nor write.
Of females at or above the age of five, 776 could read and write, 1,163 could read but not write and 4,410 could neither read nor write.
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Baronies of County Meath