Kentstown


Kentstown is a village in County Meath in Ireland at the junction of the R153 and R150 regional roads.

History

The ruins of a medieval church can be found in Danestown, Kentstown, while in the present St. Mary's Parish Church an effigy in the shape of a medieval Norman knight is carved on a slab. The knight wears a tight-fitting jupon and has a dagger on his right hip. An inscription, in Latin, accompanies it: "Here lies Thomas de Tuite, Knight, once Lord of Kentstown, who died on 2nd June 1363".

Demographics

In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 census, the population of Kentstown more than tripled from 324 to 1,179 inhabitants. According to the 2016 census, 71% of the village's homes were built between 1991 and 2010.

Transport

Bus

In April 2016 the village's bus service was improved when Bus Éireann introduced route 105 which operates hourly in each direction providing links to Duleek, Drogheda and in the other direction to Ashbourne, Ratoath and Blanchardstown. In addition route 103X provides a limited service of a morning journey to Dublin and an evening journey to Navan Mondays to Fridays inclusive. However, there are no other services to Navan from the village despite it being the county town

Rail

Since Beauparc station closed in 1958 the nearest station is Drogheda railway station approximately 18 kilometres distant.

Nanny river

The Nanny rises outside of Kentown, and flows about 18 miles to the Irish sea at Laytown.