Athboy
Athboy ( Irish : Baile Átha Buí; German: "Settlement of the Yellow Ford") is a small agricultural town in County Meath in the east of the Republic of Ireland , which developed from a medieval walled fortress in Pale times.
Location and transport links
Athboy is located on the Yellow Ford River (also Athboy River ) in the west of County Meath, near the border with County Westmeath . With Navan , the nearest major city, the place is connected by the national road N51 ; Mullingar on the N4 is approximately 30 km to the south-west. The N51 meets the R154 regional road in Athboy. The place has not been connected to rail traffic in Ireland since 1954.
Demographics
The population of Athboy was determined in the 2016 Census with 2445 people. The city has experienced above-average population growth since the mid-1990s; compared to 1991 (1083 people) the number of inhabitants had more than doubled by 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ↑ Mullingar Map: " in Athboy, distanced approximately 30 km "
- ^ Athboy (Town) on citypopulation.de, accessed on October 17, 2017
Coordinates: 53 ° 37 ′ N , 6 ° 55 ′ W