Settlement Type: | Village |
Scartaglen | |
Native Name: | Irish: Scairteach an Ghlinne |
Mapsize: | 230px |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland#Europe |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Coordinates: | 52.1791°N -9.406°W |
Blank Name Sec1: | Irish Grid Reference |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kerry |
Subdivision Type3: | Council |
Subdivision Name3: | Kerry County Council |
Subdivision Type4: | Dáil Éireann |
Subdivision Name4: | Kerry |
Subdivision Type5: | European Parliament |
Subdivision Name5: | South |
Population: | 163 |
Population Note: | (Scartaglin townland) |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Code Type: | Telephone area code |
Area Code: | +353(0)64 |
Timezone: | WET |
Utc Offset: | ±0 |
Timezone Dst: | IST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Scartaglen or Scartaglin [2] is a village and townland in the Sliabh Luachra area of County Kerry, Ireland.[3] It is located on the R577 regional road, close to the town of Castleisland.[4] As of the 2011 census, the townland of Scartaglin had a population of 163 people.[5]
The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and was built between 1928 and 1930.[6] Scartaglin National School is a co-educational primary (national) school which had over 120 pupils enrolled as of the 2020 school year.[7] The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Scartaglin GAA, fields teams in the East Kerry Division.[8]