Kilternan

Kilternan

Cill Tiarnáin
Kilternan Cill Tiarnáin
Village
Eircode routing key	D18
Telephone area code	+353(0)1

Kilternan (Irish: Cill Tiarnáin, meaning 'Church of Tiarnán'), also known as Kiltiernan, is a village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin, Ireland, near the border with County Wicklow.

Location

Separated from the continuous built-up

R116 regional roads

.

Features

Kilternan's most notable buildings are the

Old Wesley RFC known locally as Salmo and Wezz whose grounds are located at Kirwan Park (DLSP) and on the Ballycorus road (Wesley). Kirwan Park is located at the northern end of the village, while Ballycorus road is located at the southern end of the village. Kilternan is also home to Carrickmines Equestrian centre which is located on Glenamuck road. Kilternan lacks a traditional village centre or 'Main Street'. It is the location of Ireland's only (artificial) ski slope.^[1]

Spelling of the name

Road signs are somewhat confused regarding the correct spelling of the name of the area. For example; signs on the M50 motorway (Junction 15) call it Kilternan while signs at the junction on the adjoining roads refer to "Kiltiernan", even though both sets were erected at roughly the same time. Local government documents and ordnance survey maps refer to Kiltiernan while many local people spell the name without the "i". Locally, Kilternan is the most acceptable form.^[2]

Education

Kilternan has an adult education centre, as well as two primary schools located in close proximity to each of the village's two churches. The primary school at the southern end of Kilternan is called "Our Lady of the Wayside NS" while the primary school at the northern end of Kilternan is called the "Kilternan Church of Ireland Primary School." As of 2012, there are over 300 pupils in each of the schools.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

It is served by bus routes 44, 63, 63A and 118.

References

^ Directions to the ski club of Ireland Archived 2006-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kilternan and Glenamuck Residents Association^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

[1] Directions to the ski club of Ireland Archived 2006-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

[KilternanRA.ie#top-2] Kilternan and Glenamuck Residents Association^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t e Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
County town: Dún Laoghaire
Villages and suburbs	Ballinteer Ballybrack Blackrock Booterstown Cabinteely Carrickmines Cherrywood Churchtown Clonskeagh Dalkey Deansgrange Dún Laoghaire Dundrum Foxrock Goatstown Glasthule Glenageary Glencullen Johnstown Killiney Kill of the Grange Kilmacud Kilternan Leopardstown Loughlinstown Monkstown Mount Merrion Rathfarnham Rathmichael Sandyford Sandycove Sallynoggin Shankill Stepaside Stillorgan Windy Arbour
Category:Mountains and hills of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Category:Rivers of County Dublin Category:Geography of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown