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Balrath Demesne (Irish: Diméin Bhaile na Rátha) [1] is a townland in County Meath, Ireland. [2] It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of the town of Kells. [3] Its population was 36 in 2011. [4] The wall of an ancient chapel and a cemetery remain here, on the grounds of the former estate, Balrath Bury. [5]
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 ...
Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington–Donacarney (Irish: An Inse–Baile an Bhiataigh–Baile Uí Mhornáin–Domhnach Cairnigh) is a built up area in County Meath, Ireland, comprising the adjoining villages of Laytown, Bettystown, Mornington and Donacarney. Prior to 2016, it was listed as Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington.
Dunsany, County Meath, a townland and hamlet, named for the adjacent castle and demesne Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463), Irish peer Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany , the writer and playwright "Lord Dunsany"
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 ...
In 1650, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, the castle was taken by forces under Sir John Reynolds and over 40 members of the McGeoghegan family were massacred. [3] According to the Civil Survey (1654–56) Garrat Lench of "Donowre" owned 220 acres (89 ha) in 1640, and on the property was ‘a Castle and Orchard, a weare and some ...