Bellewstown
Bellewstown
Baile an Bheileogaigh | |
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Village | |
Medieval church in Bellewstown townland | |
| 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) 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, had a population of 499 as of the 2011 census. It takes its name from the Anglo-Irish Bellew family, who were the dominant local landowners from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century.