BROWSE
townland
Macetown
(English)

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53.5774, -6.49895latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1540-1
Maston
The tithes gran. in... (Gerald Fytzgarrald)
Ir. Mon. Poss.
1650c
mastestowne (Hugh a ffarrelee of ... in the barroney of nauin)
fol. 14r 1661 theise ar to sertif that i Knogher ma Guire and Loghlin a finnigan that in regard wee had not good English wee could not expres our minds to <A> the full therefor all that wee both can saye is this that inregard wee cannot sewere that wee did here him selfe ( Cohonnaght a Corbne ) say that he did kill the woman but did here maney others that was present and before his fase and hee him selef did neuer deney it but wee cam bring in tow that can iustifi that thay haue hard him selef confes seuerl times Confes that hee did murther an English woman and did produse his skeene and did shew the nicx that her head did mak in it the names of the tow witnesses is Hugh a ffarrelee of mastestowne in the barroney of nauin Turlagh ma Carran of Cook Towne nere Kelles MS 816, fols 014r-015v
Dep. 1641
1654
Mastestowne Maretowne
fol. 291r <br> The examjnacion of Connor Magwyre of Cookestowne in the County of Meath … a house called the Blacke=bull within fowre Miles of the towne of Cauan <br> fol. 291v <br> … Cookestowne neere Kelles … Hugh ô ffarreley of Mastestowne Maretowne in the Barrony of Nauan … (in the presence of Melaghlyn ô ffenaghan), that the said Coconoght ô Gowen … Tirlagh mc Carran of Cookestowne aforesaid … Tirlagh mc Garran that hee the said Coconoght the first winter after the rebellion did en kill an English=woman neere Drogheda … Depositions MS 833, fols 291r-292v
Dep. 1641
1654c
mastestowne (Hugh a ffarelee)
theise ar to sertif that i Knogher ma Guire and Loghlin a finnigan that in regard wee had not good English wee could not expres our minds to <A> the full therefor all that wee both can saye is this that inregard wee cannot sewere that wee did here him selfe ( Cohonnaght a Corbne ) say that he did kill the woman … Hugh a ffarrelee of mastestowne in the barroney of nauin Turlagh ma Carran of Cook Towne nere Kelles Depositions MS 816, fols 014r-015v
Dep. 1641
1654
Macetowne (George Nangle)
George Nangle of Ardsallagh Irish Papist. Acres 125. <br> Lch.236.
CS V
1666
Maistowne
JOHN PRESTON.—In Herbertstowne, 146 a…Jordanstowne, 87A… Allenstowne and Staplestowne, 399 a… Rodgerstowne, 45 a…Ardsallagh, Farrandarragh, and Correstowne, 354 a. Maistowne, 164 a…in Navan called…other lands under several denominations, viz. of Boyerstowne, in the manor of Navan, 248 a…—Parkeboy or Parkboyne, 9 a… bar. Navan, co. Meath. ASE 70
ASE

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