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Bellewstown () 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.
Bellewstown Castle, a 15th century building that is now in ruin, is historically associated with the Bellew family. Its ruins stand near Bellewstown House. Also within the grounds of Bellewstown House is a former church.
Racing continues to occur on an annual basis, taking place during the course of the summer. While there was previously just one meeting a year at Bellewstown (in July), as of the 21st century, four meetings are held each year. These include one day in April, three days in July, three days in August and two days in September. The track is a one-mile and one-furlong left-handed course, featuring both flat and hurdle racing.
The modern Catholic church in Bellewstown, Saint Thérèse's church in Collierstown townland, was built . It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath.
The local national (primary) school, also dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, had an enrollment of approximately 100 pupils as of 2024. The current school building, built in the 1960s, replaced an earlier 19th century building which is now known as the "old school hall".
The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Duleek/Bellewstown GAA, won the Meath Intermediate Football Championship in 2005.
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