Meaning of "Glebe"?

[Tom Dyer]

I noticed this name appended to many townlands on a map <br>of kiltubrid parish. I'm wondering what glebe means?<p>Thanks,<br>
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[John]

<br>: I noticed this name appended to many townlands on a map <br>: of kiltubrid parish. I'm wondering what glebe means?<p>: Thanks,<br>Land owned by the church. In most, if not all cases, this meant the Established Church; the Church of Ireland.<p>
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[Ian McKercher]

: <p><p><p>: : I noticed this name appended to many townlands on a map <br>: : of kiltubrid parish. I'm wondering what glebe means?<p>: : Thanks,<br>: Land owned by the church. In most, if not all cases, this meant the Established Church; the Church of Ireland.<p>Also: There are glebes all over the world, pretty well where ever the British set foot.<br>I live in The Glebe, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This was a glebe established as a clergy reserve of just under 200 acres in 1837 to support the local Presbyterian church. Most of the glebes in Ontario went to support Anglican churches.<p>

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