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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 ]
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 ...
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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 R147 road curves around the church, suggesting that an ancient ecclesiastical enclosure has become fossilised in the street layout.. Secundinus (d. 447; variously Sechnall, Seachnall, Seachnail, Secundus) was son of was a son of Restitutus, a Lombard, and Lubaid, traditionally said to be a sister of Saint Patrick and founder of a church on the site between AD 439 and 447.
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]
Oldcastle (Irish: An Seanchaisleán) [2] is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is located in the north-west of the county near the border with Cavan , approximately 13 miles (21 km) from Kells . The R154 and R195 regional roads cross in the town's market square.
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.