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The area is located eight kilometers west of Drogheda in County Meath, Ireland, in a bend of the River Boyne. It is around 40 kilometers north of Dublin. [4]Brú na Bóinne is surrounded on its southern, western and eastern sides by the Boyne; additionally, a small tributary of the Boyne, the River Mattock, runs along the northern edge, almost completely surrounding Brú na Bóinne with water.
The Town of Ubobo appears on a 1921 survey plan U7251. It was established as one of the soldier settlements created after World War I. [2]The name comes from the railway station name, assigned in 1910 by the Queensland Railways Department and is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning wild arrowroot. [1]
Glengarry homestead, as a complex of residential and working buildings constructed in traditional forms and materials and associated with the operation of a pastoral property, is important in illustrating the early pastoral settlement of the Boyne Valley in the Port Curtis region.
The Boyne Valley is a rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] The locality contains four small towns: Nagoorin , Ubobo , Builyan , and Many Peaks . In the 2021 census , Boyne Valley had a population of 301 people.
The Boyne river walk is a walkway along the river Boyne starting at the castle park and running along the Boyne to Newtown abbey. The total walk to Newtown and back takes about 40 minutes. Newtown Abbey lies on the banks of the Boyne about 15 minutes' walk from Trim Castle. It once was the largest abbey of its kind in Ireland.
The Dawes Range Tunnel section of the Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail was opened on 11 September 2021. The 26.28-kilometre (16.33 mi) section starts at Barrimoon Siding, Kalpowar and finishes at Builyan, Boyne Valley. [12] This section contains 6 tunnels between Barrimoon Siding and Golembil Siding, and they are Local Heritage listed.
However, there are three primary schools at the other Boyne Valley township with the nearest being Builyan. [12] By the 2020's Builyan State School was the only school left open. The school sites at Ubobo and Nagoorin are maintained only as facilities owned by Qld Department of Education.
The Boyne is a lowland river, surrounded by the Boyne Valley. It is crossed just west of Drogheda by the Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge, which carries the M1 motorway, and by the Boyne Viaduct, which carries the Dublin–Belfast railway line to the east. The catchment area of the River Boyne is 2,695 km 2. [3]