Scartaglen
Scartaglen or Scartaglin (Irish: Scairteach an Ghlinne)[1] is a village and townland in the Sliabh Luachra area of County Kerry, Ireland.[2] It is located on the R577 regional road, close to the town of Castleisland.[3] As of the 2011 census, the townland of Scartaglin had a population of 163 people.[4]
The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and was built between 1928 and 1930.[5] Scartaglin National School is a co-educational primary (national) school which had over 120 pupils enrolled as of the 2020 school year.[6] The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Scartaglin GAA, fields teams in the East Kerry Division.[7]
See also
References
- "Scairteach an Ghlinne / Scartaglin". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- "Welcome to Scartaglin". gokerry.ie. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- "World Fiddle Day Scartaglin". worldfiddledayscartaglin.ie. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
Scartaglin is a small rural Kerry village [..] between Castleisland and Ballydesmond and lies within the famous Sliabh Luachra region
- "CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- "Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church, Scartaglin, Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- "Scartaglin National School, Scartaglin, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Uimhir rolla: 19745I". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- "East Kerry GAA Fixtures Update". eastkerrygaa.com. September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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