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Wilkinstown
Wilkinstown () is a townland and village in north County Meath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located on the Yellow River and the Navan–Kingscourt road (R162 road, R162) about between both Navan and Nobber. Nobber is to the north, Kells, County Meath, Kells is to the west, Navan at the south and Slane at the east. Amenities Amenities in Wilkinstown include a pub, community centre, convenience store and service station. The local national school (Ireland), national (primary) school, ''Scoil Naomh Barra'', had an enrollment of 226 pupils as of the 2022/2023 school year. By late 2021, work had commenced on an amenity park and playground, behind the community centre. As of 2022, the track from the Navan–Wilkinstown section of a nearby railway line was also being lifted for the Boyne Valley to Lakelands Greenway, Boyne Valley to Lakelands proposed Greenway (landscape), greenway. Transport Wilkinstown railway station, now closed, was on the disused Kingscourt branch of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyne Valley To Lakelands Greenway
The Boyne Valley to Lakelands Greenway is a greenway (landscape), greenway and rail trail, in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The route has been completed in sections. Completed in May 2024, it links Navan, County Meath to Kingscourt, County Cavan, along the defunct Navan and Kingscourt Railway. Sections The completed sections link Navan's Blackwater Park to Kilmainhamwood, through Kilberry, County Meath, Kilberry, Wilkinstown, Castletown KP, and Nobber. History The branch line that the greenway was built on was authorised for construction by the Navan and Kingscourt Railway Co. on 5 July 1865, and would reach as far as Kilmainhamwood on 1 November 1872. It would open to its final terminus at Kingscourt railway station, Kingscourt on 1 November 1875, but it was hoped the line could be extended further north. The Castleblayney, Keady and Armagh Railway, Kingscourt, Keady and Armagh Railway Co. was incorporated in 1900 to extend the railway, but the section between Kingscourt and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
