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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).
Slane Castle (Irish: Cáisleán Bhaile Shláine) is located in the village of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland.The castle has been the family seat of the Conyngham family since it was built in the late 18th century, on land first purchased in 1703 by Brig.-Gen. Henry Conyngham.
The Slane Festival (often referred to as Slane) is a recurring concert held most years since 1981 on the grounds of Slane Castle on the outskirts of Slane in County Meath, Ireland. The castle is owned by The 8th Marquess Conyngham , who was known by the courtesy title the Earl of Mount Charles from 1974 until 2009.
Arms of Fleming, Baron Slane: Vair, a chief chequy or and gules, as shown on the Powell Roll of Arms (c. 1350), Bodleian Library, Oxford. [citation needed]. Also in Lysons' Magna Britannia. [1] Slane Castle, Co. Meath, Ireland. Baron Slane was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1370 for the Fleming family but forfeited in 1691.
Simon was the son of Sir Baldwin Fleming, and Maud de Geneville, daughter of Simon de Geneville of Culmullin and Joan Fitz Leones. Simon de Geneville was a younger son of Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, Justiciar of Ireland. Simon was a member of the Irish Parliament of 1370. He became the lord of Slane in 1335 on the death of his ...
Sláine (Sláinge, Slánga), son of Dela, of the Fir Bolg was the legendary first High King of Ireland, who cleared the forest around Brú na Bóinne. [1] He reportedly came ashore at Wexford Harbour at the mouth of the River Slaney. The Fir Bolg invaded Ireland with five thousand men.
All periods of Irish history are represented in the landmarks of the county, spanning from the prehistoric tombs at Brú na Bóinne, the early Christian monasteries at Kells and Bective, the Norman-era fortifications at Trim and Dunmoe, the manor houses and estates of the 17th and 18th centuries such as those at Bellinter and Slane, the famine ...
St. Erc's Hermitage is a ruin in the grounds of Slane Castle, between the Church of Ireland church and the Boyne. The building consists of a nave , a chancel and a tower between them. While it is traditionally associated with Saint Erc , the visible ruins have been dated to the 15th or 16th century.