Kilmessan

Kilmessan
Irish: Cill Mheasáin
Village pump, Kilmessan
Village pump, Kilmessan
Kilmessan is located in Ireland
Kilmessan
Kilmessan
Location in Ireland
Kilmessan is located in Europe
Kilmessan
Kilmessan
Kilmessan (Europe)
Coordinates: 53°33′33″N 6°39′37″W / 53.559192°N 6.660144°W / 53.559192; -6.660144
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Meath
Dáil ÉireannMeath West
Population
 (2016)[1]
654
Time zoneUTC±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

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

  1. ^ "Kilmessan". Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics. CSO. 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Cill Mheasáin". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Kilmessan". gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Kilmessan Bowls Club".