Wilkinstown () is a townland and village in north County Meath, Ireland. It is located on the Yellow River and the Navan– Kingscourt road ( R162) about between both Navan and Nobber. Nobber is to the north, 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 (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 proposed greenway.

Transport

Gypsum train at Wilkinstown near Navan - geograph

Wilkinstown railway station, now closed, was on the disused Kingscourt branch of the

Dublin–Navan railway line The Dublin-Navan line (via Clonsilla) is a partially-open commuter rail line between Dublin and the town of Navan in County Meath. Since September 2010, train services operate from Docklands Station to M3 Parkway, with an extension to Navan itsel ...

, and was situated in the village centre. At one point it had a signal box, goods store and passing loop; however the signal box was demolished and the passing loop was lifted, but the goods store is still intact, albeit overgrown. The station closed in 1947, with the line closing fully in 2001. The station is now a private residence.

References

Towns and villages in County Meath Geography of County Meath {{Ireland-stub