Athboy
Sign in to saveAthboy () is a small agricultural town located in County Meath. The town is located on the Yellow Ford River, in wooded country near the County Westmeath border. It is around 15 km west of Navan and 50 km north-west of Dublin. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
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Place details
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 2,397
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Athboy
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- N51, Athboy - geograph.org.uk - 5913298.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The N51 passes through Athboy
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Meath
- Elevation
- +61
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Athboy-St-James-church.jpg
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- P7959
- County Meath
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Athboy () is a small agricultural town located in County Meath. The town is located on the Yellow Ford River, in wooded country near the County Westmeath border. It is around 15 km west of Navan and 50 km north-west of Dublin. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
==History== thumb|280px|Athboy, history pocket park thumb|280px|History written in stone In medieval times it was a walled stronghold of the Pale. Eoin Roe O'Neill took it in 1643, and six years later Oliver Cromwell camped his army on the Hill of Ward nearby. Also known as Tlachtga, the Hill of Ward was the location for the pagan feast of Samhain, the precursor of modern-day Halloween.