Carlanstown Explained

Carlanstown
Native Name:Irish: Droichead Chearbhalláin
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Meath
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:664
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:53.7594°N -6.8408°W

Carlanstown [2] is a village and townland in County Meath, Ireland.[3] As of the 2016 census, there were 664 people living in the village.[1]

Carlanstown is located approximately 4 km northeast of the larger town of Kells, County Meath on the N52 road. From October 2022 Bus Éireann extended its Dundalk to Ardee service, route 167, to serve the village and continue to Mullingar via Kells. There are several daily services each way.[4]

The Moynalty River, which flows to the south of the village, is spanned by Carlanstown Bridge which dates to c.1800.[5] The local national (primary) school, Scoil Mhuire Carlanstown, was built in the mid-1940s.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Carlanstown . Central Statistics Office . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 11 February 2020 .
  2. Web site: Droichead Chearbhalláin / Carlanstown . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 12 February 2020 .
  3. Web site: Carlanstown Townland, Co. Meath . Townlands Ireland . townlands.ie . 12 February 2020 .
  4. Web site: New Mullingar to Dundalk bus route starts on Sunday . Westmeath Examiner . 22 October 2022 . 27 December 2022 .
  5. Web site: Carlanstown Bridge, Carlanstown, County Meath . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 12 February 2020 .
  6. Web site: Carlanstown National School, Carlanstown, County Meath . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 12 February 2020 .