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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.
Dunsany Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhún Samhnaí), Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland, is a modernised Anglo-Norman castle, [1] started c. 1180 / 1181 by Hugh de Lacy, who also commissioned the original Killeen Castle, nearby, and the famous Trim Castle.
Castletown-Kilpatrick, also known as Castletown KP [1] or Castletown (Irish: Baile an Chaisleáin), [2] is a townland and village in County Meath in Ireland. [3] It falls in the Meath East constituency. The Boyne Valley to Lakelands greenway passes through on the disused Navan and Kingscourt Railway line. [4] [5]
Trim Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Troim) is a castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, with an area of 30,000 m 2. [1] [2] Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as the caput of the Lordship of Meath.
Ruins of Merrion Castle, painted by Gabriel Beranger, eighteenth century.Cruys built Merrion in the 1360s. In 1366 John Bathe of Rathfeigh, County Meath (a member of another prominent Anglo-Irish family, who were later based at Drumcondra, Dublin) granted to John Cruys the lands of Thorncastle, i.e. modern-day Mount Merrion and Booterstown, and the fisheries attached (which are mentioned in an ...
Robertstown Castle is located in the grounds of Robertstown House, halfway between Moynalty and Nobber. [2]The castle was part of the O'Reilly family's holdings, until the land was sold upon the death of Valentine O'Reilly.
Trim (Irish: Baile Átha Troim, meaning 'town at the ford of elderflowers') [7] is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated on the River Boyne and, as of the 2022 census, had a population of 9,563. [1] The town is in a civil parish of the same name. [8] The town is noted for Trim Castle – the largest Norman castle in Ireland.