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Meath County Council is the local authority for the county. Meath is the 14th-largest of Ireland's 32 traditional counties by land area, and the 8th-most populous, with a total population of 220,826 according to the 2022 census. [2] The county town and largest settlement in Meath is Navan, located in the centre of the county along the River Boyne.
Meath County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae na Mí) is the local authority of County Meath, Ireland. As a county council , it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001 . The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation , urban planning and development, amenity and culture , and environment . [ 1 ]
1370 (Dublin): James de la Hyde and John Fitz John [1] [2] 1370 (Kilkenny): Simon Cusak and John ____ [1] 1374 Sir Richard Plunkett; 1378 John Freignes (amerced of 100 marks for non-attendance) [3] 1560 Sir Christopher Cheevers and Patrick Barnewall of Crickston [4] 1585 Richard Barnewall of Crickstown and John Netterville of Dowth [4]
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The Mid-East contains Leinster's only Gaeltacht areas, both located in County Meath, at Ráth Chairn and Baile Ghib. They were founded by emigrants from County Galway in 1935 and 1937 respectively. With just 1,771 native Irish speakers between them, spread over a total area of 44km2, they are the two smallest Gaeltachts in Ireland.
Oldcastle (Irish: An Seanchaisleán) [2] is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is located in the north-west of the county near the border with Cavan, approximately 13 miles (21 km) from Kells. The R154 and R195 regional roads cross in the town's market square. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. [2]
Clonee (Irish: Cluain Aodha, meaning 'Aodh's pasture' [2]) is a village and a townland [3] in County Meath, Ireland. It borders County Dublin to the east at the townlands of Huntstown and Littlepace, and is sometimes used in addresses for housing in those townlands. [4] The River Tolka passes the village.
In response to the growing population of nearby Dublin, a scheme of houses was built in Ashbourne. [9] The population has trebled since 1996, and in 2022 it was recorded at 15,680 people, making it Meath's second largest town by population after Navan, [1] and the largest town in the Meath East Dáil constituency, which elects 4 TDs to the Dáil.