Clonard, County Meath
Clonard
Cluain Ioraird | |
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Village | |
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Clonard (
M4 motorway
. It is still used by traffic avoiding the toll on the M4.
Clonard is notable for being one of the earliest Christian sites in Ireland, being linked with the first Irish bishop Palladius c. 450 and as the location of a major early medieval monastery Clonard Abbey, founded in the 6th century by St. Finnian. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.[3]
Around 1177, Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, built a motte-and-bailey fortification at Clonard.
During the
United Irishmen
and 27 British loyalists, the battle ended in a decisive British victory.
The village contains a Catholic church, a graveyard and a primary school.
It is served by Bus Éireann services to Dublin and West of Ireland.
See also
References
- ^ "Census Mapping – Clonard". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
- ^ "Cluain Ioraird/Clonard". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clonard.
- Official Meath Tourism website Archived 8 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Unofficial village site
