Kiltale
Kiltale
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Kiltale (
R154 regional road, the main Dublin to Trim road. It is approximately 9 km east of Trim, about 9 km west of Dunshaughlin and 14 km south of Navan. Kiltale is just over 7 km from the historical seat of the High King of Ireland at the Hill of Tara
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Kiltale is home of the European Union Food and Veterinary Offices and Grange, Teagasc's Beef Research Centre.
Sport
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R154
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The senior hurling team won their first Meath Senior Hurling Championship in 2007, when they defeated local rivals Kilmessan on a scoreline of 1-08 to 0-9.[2] The club went on to win a five-in-a-row series of Meath senior titles, the most recent in 2018.
Amenities
Kiltale has a
Roman Catholic Church called the Church of the Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary and a national (primary) school (Scoil Mhuire). There is also a small parish hall which hosts community meetings and events. Kiltale is part of the Roman Catholic Parish of Moynalvey in the Diocese of Meath. There is a public bar in the local hurling team's clubhouse, which sometimes hosts live music.[citation needed
]
Transport
Public transport to/from Kiltale consists of the
with approx. 10 services each way per day. And the 134 service which serves Dorey's Forge-Batterjohn-Dunsany-Kilmessan-Kilcarn-Navan Shopping Centre and runs once each way every Thursday.[citation needed]Notable people
Kiltale is also the hometown of:
- Liam Harnan, Gaelic footballer[citation needed]
- Desmond McGann, long-distance runner[3]
- Hugh O'Sullivan, rugby union player[4]
- Robbie Power, jockey[citation needed]
- Sara Louise Treacy, Olympian[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Cill Táile / Kiltale". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Collier, Conal. "The long wait ends in chaos". meathchronicle.ie. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
- ^ Clarke, Paul (12 September 2022). "McGann in Munich". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Doyle, Conor (26 April 2020). "From Belvo to Belfield: Hugh O'Sullivan's Leinster journey". trinitynews.ie. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
