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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 .
Slane Lower: Baile Shláine Íochtarach [i 23] Divided in 1791 [24] 26,224 Named after Slane village. Slane barony present by 1542 Meath: Slane Upper: Baile Shláine Uachtarach [i 23] Divided in 1791 [24] 29,211 Named after Slane village. Slane barony present by 1542 Monaghan: Cremorne: Críoch Mhúrn [i 24] 1585 [65] 84,508 From Irish meaning ...
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.
Slane Castle, Co. Meath, Ireland. Fleming was a descendant of Archembald le Fleming of Bratton Fleming, Devon, who was alive in 1087. Archembald's grandson, Archembald fitz Stephen le Fleming, came to Ireland with King Henry II of England in 1171 and participated in Hugh de Lacy's plantation of the Kingdom of Mide. He was a great-great ...
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.
Ireland portal; This is a sortable table of the approximately 1,634 townlands in County Meath, Ireland. [1] [2]Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county.
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.