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Ardcath
Sign in to savethumb|Church and graveyard in Ardcath Ardcath () is a small village in County Meath, Ireland. The surrounding villages include Garristown, Clonalvy, Duleek, Battramstown, Bellewstown and Stamullen. Ardcath is 12 km south of Drogheda and 31 km north of Dublin city centre.
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- Fingal
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- Leinster
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- Éire / Ireland
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- Official name
- Ard Cath
- Area
- 43.42
- Elevation
- 70
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thumb|Church and graveyard in Ardcath Ardcath () is a small village in County Meath, Ireland. The surrounding villages include Garristown, Clonalvy, Duleek, Battramstown, Bellewstown and Stamullen. Ardcath is 12 km south of Drogheda and 31 km north of Dublin city centre.
==History== Ardcath means "height of the battle" in Irish, and refers to a battle (recorded in the Book of Howth) fought in Bardic history between the Kings of Ireland, and Fionn McCool and the Fianna. The Kings gathered on the hill of Garristown and the Fianna on the hill of Ardcath.
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