Clonmethan

Clonmethan (Irish: Gleann Meáin;[1] formerly also Clonmelkin,[2] Kilmethan,[3] or Glimmethan[4]) is a townland and a civil parish in the ancient barony of Balrothery West, Fingal in Ireland.[5][6] It is bordered by the parishes of Palmerstown to the west, Grallagh to the north, Hollywood to the northeast, Westpalstown to the east, Killossery to the southeast, Killsallaghan to the south, and Greenoge, County Meath to the southwest.[7]

  1. ^ "Clonmethan (parish)". logainm.ie. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. ^ Commissioners to inquire into the state of Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1836). "Appendix II: Manorial jurisdictions or Liberties". Appendix to the First Report: the city of Dublin. Command papers. HMSO. p. 289.
  3. ^ "Dublin; Divisions and towns". The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. Vol. II. A. Fullarton. 1846. p. 96. The parish of Kilmethan was transferred from Nethercross to West Balrothery: pop., 509
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference mason1820 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland – Clonmethancivil parish
  6. ^ "Clonmethan (townland)". logainm.ie. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Mapviewer centred on Clonmethan". First-edition 6-inch map. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 1836–42. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.