NEWTOWN-PLATTEN, a village; in the parish of DULEEK, barony of LOWER DULEEK, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 1 ½ mile (S. W.) from Drogheda, on the road to Navan; containing 21 houses and 116 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.)