Kentstown (Irish: Baile an Cheantaigh)[2] is a village in County Meath in Ireland at the junction of the R153 and R150 regional roads.
Kentstown
Irish: Baile an Cheantaigh | |
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Town | |
Kentstown Location in Ireland | |
Coordinates: 53°37′39″N 6°31′59″W / 53.62750°N 6.53306°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | Meath |
Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
Population | 1,179 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish Grid Reference | N970651 |
The ruins of a medieval church can be found in Danestown, Kentstown,[3] while in the present St. Mary's Parish Church (Church of Ireland) an effigy in the shape of a medieval Norman knight is carved on a slab. The knight wears a tight-fitting jupon and has a dagger on his right hip. An inscription, in Latin, accompanies it: "Here lies Thomas de Tuite, Knight, once Lord of Kentstown, who died on 2nd June 1363".[4]
In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 census, the population of Kentstown more than tripled from 324 to 1,179 inhabitants.[1][5] According to the 2016 census, 71% of the village's homes (252 of 353 households) were built between 1991 and 2010.[1]
Kentstown village is served by Bus Éireann route 105, which operates hourly in each direction providing links to Duleek, Drogheda and in the other direction to Ashbourne, Ratoath and Blanchardstown.[6] In addition, route 103X (Dublin-Ashbourne-Navan) provides a limited service of a morning journey to Dublin and an evening journey to Navan Mondays to Fridays inclusive.[7]
The Nanny rises outside of Kentstown, and flows about 18 miles to the Irish sea at Laytown.[8]