Where in Meath?

Ruu_Old

*does hand gesture* Gather round, gather round folk young and old. Share some info about your hometown. I hail from just outside lovely Oldcastle (An Seanchaislean or Auldceastle to the locals). We don't think we have much claim to fame, oh part of that RTE disaster of a show was filmed there recently (the name escapes me).

europerson

Ruu wrote:

*does hand gesture* Gather round, gather round folk young and old. Share some info about your hometown. I hail from just outside lovely Oldcastle (An Seanchaislean or Auldceastle to the locals). We don't think we have much claim to fame, oh part of that RTE disaster of a show was filmed there recently (the name escapes me).

It was called Trouble in Paradise. I can think of four Oldcastle claims to fame: the cairns at Loughcrew, Mullen's auction rooms, St. Oliver Plunkett and beds. Any others?

Ruu_Old

Respa Beds (my old workplace) best beds in the western world perhaps! I went to St. Ollies Post Primary as well. Alot of the land of Loughcrew belonged to Cromwell. There used to be a train station in town that served many other areas, talk about resurrecting it.

PeteK*

Is there a military station thingy there?

I might go there for a spin some day Lol. I've never been. Think it would take me an hour. O_o

Ruu_Old

Don't think so, might be Kells you are thinking of (with the an RDF base there).

admiralofthefleet

not from meath but used to spend every easter and june bank holiday in fordstown just outside athboy

Mr. Brightside

Wouldn't be a big fan of Athboy, Bucks is sooo bad! Its a one night a year thing (Blue Jeans) at max. Used to be better a few years ago but Trim and Navan have since vastly improved so now I try to avoid that place.

Archeron

I hail from just outside Trim. Well, actually, I hail from Dublin, but the wind blew me to Trim one day, so I decided to settle there.

Mmmm, castles.

redfacedbear

I'm from Ashbourne - site of the only major fighting outside Dublin during the 1916 Rising - when Thomas Ashe led his men in an attack on the RIC station and ambush on the RIC re-inforcements.

Also home to Johnny Logan, Brendan O'Carroll and Charlie Redmond!*




This was correct when I last lived in Ash 10 years ago - may not be uptodate

Atomic Pineapple

i'm from lobinstown, it does nothing

europerson

draffodx wrote:

i'm from lobinstown,

So am I.

it does nothing

The best thing about Lobinstown is its central, yet rural, location: Dundalk, Drogheda, Carrickmacross, Ardee and Navan are all within easy driving (or, in Ardee's case, cycling) distance. Add to that three pubs, several community organisations (political parties, Foróige, Lobinstown Development Association, Munitir na Tíre, etc.), two schools, a post office (a rarity in rural Ireland these days), a shop (admittedly not great), two churches (including one of the most architecturally important rural churches in Britain or Ireland), an unbelievable wealth of history from the Iron Age to the present day, major employers like Meade Potato Company, sport (Gaelic football, soccer, fishing, pitch and putt, etc.), and all the rest. Not too shabby for a place with such little population.

marco murphy

On the Proudstown/Kingscourt Road outside Navan.

brettmirl

Ashbourne here...but am only a 'blow-in' from Kilkenny.

brettmirl

Ashbourne here...but am only a 'blow-in' from Kilkenny.

singingstranger

Dunsany/Kiltale bit between Trim and Navan, formerly of Rathmolyon, Meath SHC winners 2006!

mickrourke

Kells - I coloured in the pages.......:)

marco murphy

Kells!?

Did'nt know they had IT in Kells haha

andrewie

Kells also.

mik_da_man

And I'm from a wonderful wee village called Carnaross.
About 4 miles north of Kells on the N3
It's got a pub, school, church and a shop.
Oh and A Holy Well and some High Crosses
Not a whole goes on there - but it's home (well not at the mo )

And it's near the Wonderful Kells, with such places as the Arches, Keltic and of course the VIBE (all watering holes)

Mik

folkface

redfacedbear wrote:

I'm from Ashbourne - site of the only major fighting outside Dublin during the 1916 Rising - when Thomas Ashe led his men in an attack on the RIC station and ambush on the RIC re-inforcements.

Also home to Johnny Logan, Brendan O'Carroll and Charlie Redmond!*




This was correct when I last lived in Ash 10 years ago - may not be uptodate

Is that how ashebourne got its name from Thomas Ashe?
I hear the river Bourne flows through Ashbourne - so put the 2 together and walla?
Correct me if im wrong?

I also think you can now class Ashbourne as Dublin.
Their is an awful lot of Dubchies living there.
(Cross between Dubs and Culchies)
You can bring the the Dubs outa Dublin but.............



PS - does Brendan O Carroll's daughter go out in Ashbourne? She's a fine bit of stuff.

stephanie3

im live near oldcastle, good spot, lots of summer festivals and stuff, famous for a good few things, especially furniture and St. Oliver, the Cairns,

Ruu_Old

stephanie3 wrote:

im live near oldcastle, good spot, lots of summer festivals and stuff, famous for a good few things, especially furniture and St. Oliver, the Cairns,

Are you going to Le Cheile this year?

mickrourke

Poblachtach wrote:

Kells!?

Did'nt know they had IT in Kells haha

Oh yes, Kells was the centre of learning for Ireland ages ago,
but you wouldn't know that being from Navan now would you?, bet you can't even spell Navan backwards

Dear Oh dear, now where's my Latin text book.....

europerson

folkface wrote:

Is that how ashebourne got its name from Thomas Ashe?
I hear the river Bourne flows through Ashbourne - so put the 2 together and walla?
Correct me if im wrong?

Nope. Bourne, the man who founded the village (as it was then), named it after his favourite tree and himself.

- bo -

Navan unfortunately, though I dont sped much time out Navan so its not all bad...

stephanie3

yeah I'll be around for le cheile anyway, whether or not I buy a ticket for the gigs is another thing, might just stay in pub.
There's a good comedy line up this year though, neil delamare, carl spain etc etc

PinkSniff

Hi,

I live in East Meath about 6 miles outside Ashbourne in a rural place........and Folkface.....just to let you know....you can't say Ashbourne is in Dublin. It clearly is in Contae na Mi and thats the way it is always goin' to be...so there

Meathwoman and proud of it!!

Meathlass

From Kilberry, a few miles north of Navan. Unfortunately don't live there any more but try and get back at least once a month to see friends and family and go to matches

Ronan H

I live in Ratoath, moved there just 3 years ago. Im from a wee village near Slane called Lobinstown originally, certainly no claims to fame from that place other than the party when i left... ... ...

I envisage that i will stay in Ratoath for the foreseeable future, tis a fantastic place to live, despite the huge population it still has a village feel to it which i like a lot, and the postman is friendly, although id say hes demented delivering packages to my house, especially when im not there! Hehee...

Head

jazoo

Live in ratoath but im a blow in from dublin so that makes me a dubchie i love it here as they say in dublin its bleedin deadly

decob

ashbourne born and bred...

folkface wrote:

Is that how ashebourne got its name from Thomas Ashe?
I hear the river Bourne flows through Ashbourne - so put the 2 together and walla?
Correct me if im wrong?

the river is actually called the Broadmeadow

I also think you can now class Ashbourne as Dublin.
Their is an awful lot of Dubchies living there.

you can in your arse class it as dublin... if they want to live in dublin, let em move back to dublin... or ratoath, which ever is easier. Also it's Dulchie not dubchie. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dulchie