Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Monasterboice

Monasterboice, par. and seat, 8. co. Louth,5 m. NW. of Drogheda, 2320 ac., pop. 445; P.O.; contains ruins of 2 churches, a round tower, and 3 ancient crosses.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Louth County
Place: Monasterboice

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