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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.
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid (died 862), High King of Ireland; Rose Ní Conchobair (fl. 1180), Lady of Meath; Cormac mac Art Ó Melaghlain (1182–1239), King of Meath; Órlaith íngen Cennétig (died 941), Queen of Ireland; Tigernach mac Fócartai (died 865), King of Loch Gabhair; Túathal Máelgarb (died 540s), High King of Ireland
Slane (Irish: Baile Shláine, meaning 'Town of Sláine mac Dela') [2] is a village in County Meath, in Ireland. The village stands on a steep hillside on the left bank of the River Boyne at the intersection of the N2 (Dublin to Monaghan road) and the N51 (Drogheda to Navan road). As of the 2022 census, Slane's population was 1,445. [1]
Navan (/ ˈ n æ v ən / NAV-ən; Irish: An Uaimh [ənˠ ˈuəvʲ], meaning "the Cave") [2] is the county town and largest town of County Meath, Ireland. [3] It is at the confluence of the River Boyne and Blackwater, around 50 km northwest of Dublin. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 33,886, making it the ninth largest settlement in ...
Kells (/ ˈ k ɛ l z /; Irish: Ceanannas) [a] is a town in County Meath, Ireland.The town lies off the M3 motorway, 16 km (10 mi) from Navan and 65 km (40 mi) from Dublin.Along with other towns in County Meath, it is within the commuter belt for Dublin, [3] [4] [5] and had a population of 6,608 as of the 2022 census. [2]
From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837: BURRY, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-KELLS, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 1¾ mile (S.W.) from Kells; containing 1027 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Mullingar to Kells and Drogheda, and comprises 3339 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act ...
The Conlon family is an Irish noble family, the original Gaelic spelling being Ó Connalláin.In the tenth and eleventh centuries, the O'Conalláin were Princes of Ui Laeghari, an extensive territory in the counties of Meath and Westmeath, where the High King of Ireland historically derived his seat at the Hill of Tara. [1]
Bohermeen is located in County Meath (light green on map). For nearly fourteen hundred years the local area went by the name of Ard Braccan or Ardbraccan, meaning the height of Braccan, the hill on which St. Braccan located his mediaeval monastery and which in the 9th century became a diocese with its own bishop.