CROSSPLATTEN, a hamlet, in the parish of DULEEK, barony of LOWER DULEEK, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles (N. E.) from Duleek, on the road to Drogheda; containing 9 houses and 79 inhabitants.

(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.)