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Donacarney ( or ) is a village in County Meath, Ireland, close to Drogheda and the border with County Louth. It contains one church, two estates, two schools, and one pub. Although it includes the townlands of Donacarney Great and Donacarney Little, most locals would never use those terms in describing Donacarney. The remains of a late-medieval tower house (see picture to right) are sited close to Donacarney Cross. It is described in the Down Survey (1654–56) as "an ould Castle". It appears in this state on a map of 1771. Blackhills Crescent, Donacarney, takes its name from the area known as t

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Vinony files it under Towns and villages in County Meath and Untranslated Irish place names.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

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Region
Leinster
Country
Éire / Ireland
Population
0

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Instance of
human settlement
Located in
County Meath
Area
2.19
Elevation
1
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Castle at Donacarney, Co. Meath - geograph.org.uk - 1063617.jpg
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Donacarney
Irish Grid Reference
O137746
historic county
County Meath
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Donacarney ( or ) is a village in County Meath, Ireland, close to Drogheda and the border with County Louth. It contains one church, two estates, two schools, and one pub. Although it includes the townlands of Donacarney Great and Donacarney Little, most locals would never use those terms in describing Donacarney. The remains of a late-medieval tower house (see picture to right) are sited close to Donacarney Cross. It is described in the Down Survey (1654–56) as "an ould Castle". It appears in this state on a map of 1771. Blackhills Crescent, Donacarney, takes its name from the area known as the Black Hills or Black Hill Lands north of the crossroads and the castle, the old name of which was ''Croc a' Searra'' in Irish.

Together with the neighbouring villages of Laytown, Bettystown and Mornington, it comprises the urban area of Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington–Donacarney with a combined population of 15,642 at the 2022 census.

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