Bellewstown
Baile an Bheileogaigh | |
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Village | |
 Medieval church in Bellewstown townland | |
  Bellewstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°38′38″N 6°20′53″W / 53.6439°N 6.3481°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Meath |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N862596 |
Bellewstown (Irish: Baile an Bheileogaigh)[1] is a townland and village located 8 km south of Drogheda, on the Hill of Crockafotha in County Meath in Ireland. Bellewstown townland, which is in the electoral division of Ardcath and the civil parish of Duleek,[2] had a population of 499 as of the 2011 census.[3] It takes its name from the Anglo-Irish Bellew family, who were the dominant local landowners from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century.
- ^ "Baile an Bheileogaigh / Bellewstown". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Bellewstown Townland, Co. Meath". townlands.ie. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "CD165 - Meath Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
Population [..] Townlands [..] 2011 [..] Bellewstown, Ardcath, Co. Meath: 499