Kilmessan
Irish: Cill Mheasáin | |
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![]() Village pump, Kilmessan | |
Coordinates: 53°33′33″N 6°39′37″W / 53.559192°N 6.660144°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Meath |
Dáil Éireann | Meath West |
Population | 654 |
Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
Eircode routing key | C15 |
Telephone area code | +353(0)46 |
Kilmessan (Irish: Cill Mheasáin, meaning 'Church of Messan')[2] is a village in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated 10/15 minutes away from Dunshaughlin, Trim and Navan, 6 km from the M3 motorway. The village has a primary school, shop, post office and several pubs. The Station House Hotel is located in Kilmessan. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[2]
Sport
[edit]Kilmessan GAA club plays hurling.[3] They are the most successful hurling club in Meath having won the Meath championship 29 times.[citation needed] The Kilmessan men won the Leinster Intermediate Championship in 2008 and lost out on reaching the All-Ireland final after losing the semi-final after extra-time.[citation needed] Kilmessan also have a Camogie club. Kilmessan became All-Ireland junior club champions in 2014 and again in 2017.[citation needed] In 2013 the village completed a "double", when both the senior hurling and senior camogie succeed within the county to gain the title of county champions within the same weekend.[citation needed]
Kilmessan Bowls Club is affiliated to the Irish Indoor Bowling Association (IIBA).[4][better source needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kilmessan". Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics. CSO. 2016.
- ^ a b "Cill Mheasáin". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Kilmessan". gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Kilmessan Bowls Club".