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Ireland Gazeteer

Castletown Delvin in 1839

Castletown Delvin is in the barony of Delvin, 50 miles from Dublin.

An old castle, built here by De Lacy, lord of Meath, was for a time the residence of the Nugents, who built also the castle of Clonin or Clonyn in the parish. Of the castle built by De Lacy the ruins remain: the walls form a quadrangle with towers at the corners.

There are several other castellated ruins in the neighbourhood.

Clonin was burnt during the civil war of Charles I on the approach of Cromwell. The name of Clonyn is retained by the present residence of the marquis of Westmeath.

The town consisted in 1831 of a single street of 77 houses, with a population of 419.

There are a parish church, a plain old building, but in good repair, and a Catholic chapel.

The market lately established is on Friday, and there are three fairs in the year.

Petty-sessions are held, and a body of the county constabulary have their station here.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath. The parish is at the head of a Catholic parochial union.

There is a dispensary.