Collon
Drogheda Street in Collon with the Foster House, ancestral home of the Barons Oriel, of Collon (2009)
Collon ( Irish : Collann ) is a small town in County Louth in the east of the Republic of Ireland .
Collon is about 12 km northwest of Drogheda in southwest County Louth, near the border with County Meath , on the N2 , 9 km north of Slane and 10 km south of Ardee .
The population of Collon was determined in the 2016 Census to be 896, almost a tripling of the population since 1996.
In Collon is the New Mellifont Abbey of the Trappists ; the historic Mellifont Abbey of the Cistercians was only a few kilometers south of Collon in Mellifont .
Web links
Commons : Collon - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ↑ Collon on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 25, 2017.
Coordinates: 53 ° 46 ′ 40.5 " N , 6 ° 28 ′ 48.5" W.