Kinnegad

Kinnegad Main Street, the former N4

Kinnegad (Cionn Átha Gad in Irish) is a town on the County Westmeath/County Meath border, Ireland. It is located at the junction of the N6 and the N4 - two of Ireland's main east-west roads. It is roughly 60 km from the capital, Dublin.

Construction

There has been a lot of building in the area including a new shopping centre (with only one shop in it) and new housing estates and a new 48 bedroom hotel called "The Hilamar Hotel", which sponsor the Westmeath Senior Gaelic Football Team, which is located on the main street, where the well known Harry's of Kinnegad once stood. There are also several pubs, Donnelly's, Scanlon's, Brian Coyne's, Denis Coyne's, The Phoenix and Bracken's.

St. Marys Church

Beside the "Hilamar Hotel", the Catholic Church of St.Marys is located. It is part of the Diocese of Meath, who's Bishop is Michael Smith. The Parish priests of Kinnegad are Monsignar Eamonn Marron and Father Tom Gilroy. The building used to be the tallest building in Kinnegad, until Lagan Cement was opened.

School

The town has a large Catholic National School (Although children with other religions are welcome to the school.), St. Etchen's Kinnegad N.S, which has just extended with a two-storey building, with six classrooms downstairs and two large rooms for the Resourse teachers, to cater for the increase of population in the town over the last 10 years.

Sport

The main sports team in the town is the Coralstown/Kinnegad Gaelic football Club which has teams for both male and female players aged under eight right through to senior level. the colours of the team is normally red shirts and socks, and white shorts. A few years ago it got an extension of the clubhouse, with four dressing rooms, toilets and a gym. It also got an extra three football piches.

The town also has a soccer club, Kinnegad Juniors Athletic Football Club. Their kit is a vertically striped red and black shirt with black shorts and socks.Last year the u12s won the athlone league cup becoming the first kinnegad soccer team to win a trophy. it was lifted by graham packenham. It was a great match for jamie flood, adam smith, ryan caffery and everybody else on the team.

Work in Dublin

Kinnegad is home to many commuters originally from Dublin who have settled in Kinnegad with their families, who commute to Dublin daily via the N4 and the recently opened M4 motorway.

53°27′N 7°06′W

External links

• Census 2006 information
• STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE MIDLANDS GATEWAY; General stastic & regional information