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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Meath
		In extent it is the largest diocese in Ireland, and includes the greater part of the counties Meath, Westmeath, King's, and a small portion of the counties Longford, Dublin, and Cavan.
		The population of the Diocese of Meath at the last census (1901) was 143,164, of whom 132,892 were Catholics.
		In Meath was Tara "of the kings", the palace of the Ard-righ, whither came the chieftains and princes, the bards and brehons of Erin.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10097a.htm (1134 words)

	A-Z of Offaly in 1837 - Offaly History, Archaeology, Offaly Towns, Heritage, Research, King's County
		The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Meath; one-half of the rectory is impropriate and at present the subject of litigation; the other half is annexed to the vicarage, which in 1798 was united to the vicarage of Gallen, and is in the patronage of the Bishop.
		The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, united by act of council in 1782, to the rectory and vicarage of Kilmurry-Ely and the rectory of Kilcomin, and in the patronage of the Bishop.
		It is a rectory, vicarage, and perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Meath; the rectory is impropriate in the Rev. J.
	www.offalyhistory.com /content/reading_resources/offaly_gen/a-z/offaly_r-w.htm (4325 words)

	A-Z of Offaly in 1837 - Ancestral Research, Family History, Laois, Offaly, Genealogy
		The living is an impropriate cure, in the diocese of Meath, united by diocesan authority to that of Ballyboggan; the rectory is wholly impropriate in the heirs of the late Sir Duke Gifford, to whom the tithes, amounting to £380, are payable.
		The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Kildare, united in 1796, by act of council, to the vicarage of Ballynakill, forming the union of Clonsast, in the alternate patronage of the Duke of Leinster and the Bishop: the tithes amount of £628.12.3½., and of the union to £694.3.0 ¾.
		The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Meath, and in the patronage of the Earl of Norbury, in whom and in H. Kemmis and J. Armstrong, Esqrs, the rectory is impropriate.
	www.irishmidlandsancestry.com /content/offaly/a-z/offaly_c-d.htm (4905 words)

	A-Z of Offaly in 1837 - Ancestral Research, Family History, Laois, Offaly, Genealogy
		It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, forming the corps of the prebend of Geashill in the cathedral of Kildare, and in the patronage of Earl Digby: the tithes amount to £1292.6 1 ¾.
		It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the union of Ardnorcherm and also of the perpetual curacy of Clara, in which the church is situated; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Downshire.
		It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, united to the rectory of Ballykeane, and in the patronage of the Gifford family, who are impropriators of the rectory; the tithes amount to £180, of which two-thirds are payable to the impropriators, and one-third to the vicar.
	www.irishmidlandsancestry.com /content/offaly/a-z/offaly_e-k.htm (4571 words)

	A-Z of Offaly in 1837 - Offaly History, Archaeology, Offaly Towns, Heritage, Research, King's County
		The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, united to the vicarage of Kilcoleman, an its the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £148.12.3¾, and the tithes of the union to £217.16.11.
		It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, forming the corps of the prebend of Geashill in the cathedral of Kildare, and in the patronage of Earl Digby: the tithes amount to £1292.6 1¾.
		It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, the former constituting part of the union of Parsonstown, and the latter of that of Ettagh; the tithes amount to £198.9.2¾.
	www.offalyhistory.com /content/reading_resources/offaly_gen/a-z/offaly_e-k.htm (4561 words)

	Diocesan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A Royal Visitation was held in the Diocese of Meath, and the report of the Visitation was written by Bishop Dopping, in 1693.
		In 1965, the process began in the Diocese of Meath and Churches such as: Kilshine, Balrathboyne, Kilbeggan, Kilmessan, Collinstown, Castletown-Kilpatrick, Painestown, Stackallen and Laracor were all closed and de-consecrated.
		Further decline continued in the 1970's and the Diocese of Meath was united to the Diocese of Kildare, in 1976.
	homepage.eircom.net /~kellsnet/churches/Diocesan.htm (1698 words)

	Ireland - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research
		Diocese of Killaloe and portions in the Dioceses of Galway and Limerick.
		Diocese of Cashel and portions of the Dioceses of Killaloe and Waterford and Lismore.
		Diocese of Ferns and portions of the Archdiocese of Dublin and Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
	home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Ireland.htm (6112 words)

	The diocese of Meath in the eighteenth century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The diocese of Meath in the eighteenth century
		Dr Fagan's study, then, is the first to attempt a comprehensive account of the diocese of Meath in the 18th century.
		Meath is one of the most extensive of the Irish dioceses, comprising the whole of Meath, about five-sixths of Westmeath and about one-fourth of Offaly.
	www.four-courts-press.ie /cgi/bookshow.cgi?file=DioceseM.xml (155 words)

	magoo.com: McGoughs, McGeoughs and McGeoghs in County Meath by Hugh McGough
		Meath County Ireland Genealogy—publishes a map of the parishes of Meath.
		The townlands of Collon that are in Meath are: Broomfield, Glassallen, and Starinagh, all in the barony of Upper Slane.
		Townlands of St. Mary's in Meath are: Lagavooren in the Municipal Borough of Drogheda, and Bryanstown, both of which are shown on a modern map as immediately south of the Louth/Meath boundary.
	www.magoo.com /hugh/meath.html (1693 words)

	THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. COLUMBANUS - STRUCTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Diocese of Derry, Raphoe and Clogher (Deanery of Enniskillen).
		The Dioceses of Clogher (excluding the Deanery of Enniskillen) and Kilmore.
		Southern portion of Archdiocese of Dublin and Northern portion of the Diocese of Ferns.
	www.knightsofstcolumbanus.ie /struct.html (333 words)

	History
		One of the most noteworthy Bishops of the Diocese of Ardagh was William O'Higgins, Bishop from 1829-1853.
		He was named Bishop of Clonmacnois in 1647 and later was translated to the Diocese of Meath.
		Though Clonmacnois is the smaller part of the united Dioceses, having just six parishes out of a total of forty-one, its name is the one which is the better known.
	www.ardaghdiocese.org /page3.html (254 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Bohermeen is a Roman Catholic parish in the Irish Diocese of Meath.
		Even when the diocese of Ardbraccan joined with other small dioceses such as Fore and Kells to form the Diocese of Meath, Braccan's hill became the location of the palace of the Bishop of Meath.
		Following the establishment of the (anglican) Church of Ireland Ardbraccan became the seat of the protestant Lord Bishop of Meath.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Bohermeen (848 words)

	The Catholic Communications Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Diocese of Meath welcomes its newest clerical recruit with the ordination today (Sunday 19th December, 2004) of the Reverend Padraig Corcoran.
		Bishop Smith said, “The faith and openness of these young people is a reflection of the positive experience the Church has had on their families, in their parishes and in their schools, both today and as they grew up.
		* The Diocese of Meath consists of: 69 parishes; a Catholic population of 212,858; 149 Catholic Churches; and the Patron Saint for the Diocese is St Finian.
	www.catholiccommunications.ie /Pressrel/19-december-2004.html (305 words)

	The Catholic Communications Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The following dioceses are represented in the official CYC pilgrimage: Achonry, Cork, Clogher, Cloyne, Derry, Elphin, Galway, Kerry and Kildare and Leighlin.
		Bishop Michael Smith, Diocese of Meath Bishop Smith is travelling with 100 young adults from the Diocese of Meath to the World Youth Day event in Toronto.
		Diocese of Down and Connor On Wednesday 17th July a group of 45 will head off from the Diocese of Down and Connor to the World Youth Day event in Toronto.
	www.catholiccommunications.ie /worldyouthday2002/irishwyd2002.html (564 words)

	Meath County Council, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Serving the Parishes in the Diocese of Meath
		The aim of the InterAction Meath Project is to promote social inclusion of people with physical disabilities into their local communities in County Meath.
		Meath Local Sports Partnership aims to increase participation for all in sport and recreation within County Meath.
	www.meath.ie /community/local_info.html (4555 words)

	The Mitered Layman, Lord Bishop
		Patrick Joseph Plunkett and Dr. Thomas Lewis O’Beirne were to preside over the formation of the modern dioceses we know today, and to establish the institutions and structures which were to be the basis of church organisation for 150 years.
		In 1798 Bishop Maxwell died and Dr. O’Beirne was elected to the premier Diocese of Meath.
		O’Beirne came to a diocese in a state of disorder and during his twenty-five year episcopate he brought it to a state of efficiency that it had not known since the Reformation.
	website.lineone.net /~beirne/Issue2/family2.htm (3061 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		The Diocese of Meath is a nineteenth century history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath from medieval to nineteenth century times, written by one of the Diocese's priests, Dean Cogan, a priest in Navan, the then Diocesan capital.
		folklore and memories of people alive in Meath the 1850s and 1860s (covering the period from the Penal Laws to the Irish Potato Famine (1845-49)) which were recorded in great detail.
		access to the Meath diocese's archives; when the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath moved from his former seat in Navan to the new cathedral in Mullingar in the early twentieth century (the diocesan seminary, St.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /The_Diocese_of_Meath (251 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Ireland: Society and Culture: Religion: Christianity: Catholicism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin - Taking in parts of a number of counties in the Irish midlands, this diocese offers news, history, organisation, a listing for each parish, information on ministries and a map.
		Diocese of Kilmore - Straddling the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, this Catholic diocese includes almost all of County Cavan, and parts of Counties Leitrim, Fermanagh, Meath and Sligo.
		Diocese of Meath - This eastern Irish diocese, centred on counties Westmeath and Meath, presents its history, press releases, vocations information, notes on administration and parish material.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Ireland/Society_and_Culture/Religion/Christianity/Catholicism (1269 words)

	Ardbraccan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For a period, Ardbraccan itself was a diocese, with a large urban centre attached.
		Under the Great Synod of Kells in 1152 Ardbraccan was united with the Sees of Clonard, Trim, Dunshaughlin, Slane and Fore, forming with other small dioceses the Diocese of Meath.
		Its central importance was shown in the fact that the new merged diocese's bishop lived in Ardbraccan.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Ardbraccan.htm (550 words)

	The Diocese of Meath under bishop John Cantwell, 1830-1866 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John Cantwell, bishop of Meath, was one of the pivotal figures in Irish Catholicism during the middle of the nineteenth century.
		During his time as bishop he had to grapple with very serious difficulties both nationally and within his diocese, not least the effects of the famine.
		Encouraged by his approach and example, his clergy developed an even keener interest in politics and their approach established a pattern of political activity on the part of clergy in the diocese that lasted until the turn of the century.
	www.four-courts-press.ie /cgi/bookshow.cgi?file=jcantwell.xml (279 words)

	Meath - Tracey Family Name & variants
		It may be presumed that the Traceys of Meath are descended from the Uí Bairrche.
		Meath - Peter Tracy, rector of Rathmore and Richard Tirrell of Flower, 12 Eliz, for payment of such first-fruits as were due - 20 l.
		Healy, John History of the Diocese of Meath, Dublin, 1908.
	www.traceyclann.com /files/meath.htm (492 words)

	Welcome to the Diocese of Limerick
		A homily I preached at a Mass in Delvin Co Westmeath, when nine deaneries of the diocese of Meath gathered for prayer, a Holy Hour and Mass to mark the Year of the Eucharist more...
		The eastern strip is in Cashel and Emly and in Killaloe.
		There are 60 parishes in the Diocese, 18 of which are in the Limerick city area.
	www.limerickdiocese.org (367 words)

	Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy
		The invitation to establish the first Convent of Mercy outside Dublin came from the town of Tullamore, King's County, in the Diocese of Meath.
		It is within the framework of these Dioceses that we now look at the origins and growth of the Sisters of Mercy in the Northern Province.
		Following Mercy Union in the Meath Diocese in 1975 a decision was taken to mission four more Sisters to Zambia and the first Mercy Mission began in 1979 in Monze.
	www.sistersofmercy.ie /where/northern (377 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He grew up on a farm in Enfield, County Meath, Ireland with three brothers and three sisters and studied the classics at National University of Ireland.
		"I was assigned to work in the Diocese of Meath," said Coffey in a conversation that took place in December 2003.
		Coffey also supports and is active with the charismatic prayer group at the church and throughout the diocese and has been committed throughout his tenure to supporting the church's pro-life position.
	www.dcn.davis.ca.us /go/stjames/fathercoffey.htm (1199 words)

	Irish Ancestors /Offaly local history
		Brady, J. A short history of the parishes of the diocese of Meath, 1867-1944, NLI Ir 94132 b 2
		Carrigan, Rev. William The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Dublin, 1905.
		Dwyer, Philip The Diocese of Killaloe, from the Reformation to the Close of the Eighteenth Century, Dublin, 1878.
	scripts.ireland.com /ancestor/browse/counties/leinster/offaly2.htm (209 words)

	RTE News - Schoolgirls' funerals held in Co Meath
		Students and staff from the four schools involved in the crash, as well as members of the emergency services who attended the scene, were also in attendance at the funerals.
		The funeral of the fifth crash victim, Aimee McCabe, is due to be held tomorrow.
		News At One: Martina Fitzgerald reports from Co Meath on the funeral of Deirdre Scanlon, one of the victims of Monday's bus crash
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0526/navan.html (409 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Finnian of Clonard
		Founded the monastery at Clonard, Meath, Ireland c.
		549-552 at Clonard, Meath, Ireland of plague; relics originally enshrined in Clonard, but were destroyed in the 9th century
		diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada; diocese of Meath, Ireland
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintf48.htm (171 words)

	Westmeath County Council: Services > Library
		The Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern; 3 Vols - Rev. A.
		History of the Diocese of Meath ; 2 Vols - John Healy (1908)
		History of the Diocese of Meath - Rev. John Brady ()
	www.westmeathcoco.ie /services/library/ecclesiatical.asp (103 words)

	County Meath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The "Royal County" of Ireland, historically known as "Royal Meath," location of the Hill of Tara, the home of pagan and early Christian kings of Ireland.
		Diocese of Meath includes the historical monastery of Kells."
		Census 1901 - Ashbourne Town within the townland of Killegland, Co. Meath, Ireland.
	www.rootsweb.com /~irlmea/meath.htm (336 words)

	eircom net Ireland-International / Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The number of Church of Ireland adherents in the Diocese of Meath and Kildare is said to have doubled to about 9,000.
		A spokesman for the diocese said St Peter's was the first Church of Ireland school to be opened at a new location since the foundation of the State.
		Some other schools belonging to the church had opened in recent years but only in locations where a school had previously been in existence, and was temporarily closed due to dwindling numbers.
	home.eircom.net /content/irelandcom/topstories/6314197?view=Eircomnet (583 words)

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