Springville, County Meath
Springville or Dandlestown (Danllestown) is a townland in County Meath, Ireland. It is located about 3.5 miles southwest of the town of Kells.[1][2]
Description
[edit]It is in the electoral division of Burry, in the civil parish of Burry, in the barony of Upper Kells, and shares its northern border with the townland of Drumbaragh, including the historical village of Light Town (Leightown).[3][4]
Springville is 0.32 square miles with 206.58 acres / 206 acres, 2 rods, 12 perches, making it the 1010th largest townland in County Meath.
Its population was 281 in 2022.[5]
It once comprised some 462 acres and 34 perches (1836 Ordnance Survey Map) but parts were absorbed into the adjacent townland, Balrath Demesne.[6]
It was once the seat of Philip O'Reilly (1787-1855),[7] of Springville House.[8][9] However, much of its acreage was under the ownership of the Nicholson family, of Balrath Bury, in the townland of Balrath Demesne, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
References
[edit]- ^ "Springville or Danllestown Townland, Co. Meath". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Springville or Dandlestown". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Places". dúchas.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Transcripts · The Schools' Collection". dúchas.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ Central Statistics Office, Census Map, Springville, County Meath.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". osi.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ Bradley, Thomas Earnshaw (1855). The Lamp [ed. by T.E. Bradley].
- ^ "The Registered Papers of the Chief Secretary's Office: National Archives: CSO/RP (search results)". csorp.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ Chancery, IRELAND [Ireland-1922] Court of (1849). Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery [in Ireland] During the Time of Lord Chancellor Sugden. By Thomas Jones and E. D. Latouche. 1844(-46). Hodges&Smith.
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