SLATEY, SLEATY or SLETTY, a parish, in the barony of Slievemargue, Queen's county, and province of Leinster, 1¼ mile (N.N.W.) from Carlow; containing 189 inhabitants.  This parish, which is situated on the river Barrow, comprises 656 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £728 per annum.  Knockbeg is the residence of W. Carruthers, Esq.; and here is also that of Gerald Byrne, Esq.  The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, united to that of Shruel, and in the patronage of the Bishop:  the tithes amount to £60, and the gross value of the benefice is £106. 3. 1.  In the R.C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Killeshin.  Here is a hedge school of 10 boys and 4 girls.  St. Fiech is said to have founded a church and bishoprick here, in the fifth century, the latter of which was afterwards transferred to Leighlin; in the churchyard are two stone crosses of remote antiquity; and there are ruins of a small church called Slieb-teach, or "The House near the Mountains," which is said to have been originally a place of great importance.
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837

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