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Tallanstown
Sign in to saveTallanstown () is a village in County Louth, Ireland. It is on the banks of the River Glyde, 13 km southwest of Dundalk. The village is on the R171 road, at the junction with the R166 road. It was the winner of the 2010 Tidy Towns competition. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 668
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Tallanstown () is a village in County Louth, Ireland. It is on the banks of the River Glyde, 13 km southwest of Dundalk. The village is on the R171 road, at the junction with the R166 road. It was the winner of the 2010 Tidy Towns competition. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
== History == Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of standing stone, enclosure and hut sites in the townlands of Louth Hall and Rathbrist. The Record of Monuments and Places also records the ruins of a motte-and-bailey castle in Louth Hall townland. The eponymous Louth Hall, a ruined three-storey Georgian house, built , was built on the site (and incorporating part of) an earlier 14th century tower house.
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