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Dunshaughlin (Irish: Dún Seachlainn, meaning 'the fort of Seachlainn' [2] or locally Irish: Domhnach Seachnaill, meaning 'St Seachnall's Church') [3] is a town in County Meath, Ireland. A commuter town for nearby Dublin , [ 4 ] Dunshaughlin more than tripled in population (from 2,139 to 6,644 inhabitants) between the 1996 and 2022 censuses. [ 5 ]
The monastery at Dunshaughlin was burned down in raids in AD 1026, 1142 and 1143. It was also plundered by the Uí Briúin in 1152. [2] Dunshaughlin was also probably the church site of the Síl nÁedo Sláine kings of the 6th–8th century. After the Norman invasion of Ireland Dunshaughlin became a seigniorial manor of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath.
The famine-era workhouse and mass grave at Dunshaughlin is today a memorial to its victims. The famine shed light on the detrimental effects that Ireland's land laws were having on the economic and social well-being of the country, and the British government's lacklustre response to the crisis further strengthened the cause of Irish nationalists.
Ireland portal; This is a sortable table of the approximately 1,634 townlands in County Meath, Ireland. [1] [2]Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county.
Dunshaughlin 1-11, 2-6 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 10/11/2002, [8] In their quarter-final playoff tie with Ballinlough, Blackhall Gaels had Anthony Moyles sent off controversially with a straight red card.
Dunsany Castle and demesne, and other remnants of the family estates, are situated in and near the townland of Dunsany, County Meath, between the historic town of Trim and Dunshaughlin. At nearby Dunsany Cross is a hamlet, [ 2 ] with a post office store, Catholic church and primary school, a GAA pitch with a clubhouse and bar and a mix of ...
Secundinus (fl. 5th century), or Sechnall (Modern Irish: Seachnall) as he was known in Irish, was founder and patron saint of Domhnach Sechnaill, County Meath, who went down in medieval tradition as a disciple of St Patrick and one of the first bishops of Armagh. [1]
The River Skane rises in west Dunshaughlin, and flows westerly.After flowing underneath the R125 regional road and the M3 motorway, the River Skane marks the boundary between the civil parish of Knockmark (west) and the civil parish of Dunshaughlin (east).