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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 ]
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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. It is one of Ireland's oldest homes in continuous occupation, possibly the longest occupied by a ...
Killeen Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Chillín), located in Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland, is the current construction on a site occupied by a castle since around 1180. The current building is a restoration of a largely 19th century structure, burnt out in 1981.
The Irish state has officially approved the following list of national monuments in County Meath. In the Republic of Ireland , a structure or site may be deemed to be a " national monument ", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance.
As of 2017, there is a total of 13,326 ha (32,929 acres) of forest cover in the county, representing 5.7% of the total land area. This is an increase from just 11,200 ha (27,676 acres) (4.8%) in 2006. Nevertheless, Meath is Ireland's third-least forested county and remains well below the national average of 11% forest cover. [7]
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]
The Hill of Tara (Irish: Teamhair or Cnoc na Teamhrach) [2] is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near Skryne in County Meath, Ireland.Tradition identifies the hill as the inauguration place and seat of the High Kings of Ireland; it also appears in Irish mythology.