Haggardstown

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Haggardstown
Baile Hagaird
Townland
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Former presbytery in Haggardstown
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Haggardstown
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°58′16″N6°23′03″W / 53.970980°N 6.384240°W / 53.970980; -6.384240
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Louth
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Haggardstown (Irish : Baile Hagaird) [1] is a townland and civil parish located in the barony of Upper Dundalk, [2] on the southern outskirts of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. [2] The civil parish of Haggardstown lies on the shore of Dundalk Bay, north of the estuary of the River Fane, and includes the village of Blackrock and Dundalk Golf Club.

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Education

St Francis Primary School, Blackrock St Francis Primary School. Rock Road, Blackrock (geograph 6036991).jpg
St Francis Primary School, Blackrock

There are three primary-level schools in the Haggardstown townland, one of them located in Haggardstown itself. [3] There are no second-level education facilities in Haggardstown.

Religion

Haggardstown has a large Roman Catholic church (dating from 1923), [4] to which is attached a large adjoining cemetery. There is also a Church of Ireland church (dating from 1827) in Haynestown, a townland southwest of Haggardstown. [5]

Transport

Haggardstown is located along the R132, known locally as the Old Dublin Road, which traverses the western part of the townland. Haggardstown is approximately 5 km from Dundalk railway station. The M1 Motorway, which connects the Dundalk area with Newry and Dublin, is also close by. A number of bus services, with stops along the R132, run through Haggardstown.

Sport

Dundalk Bay seen from the Haggardstown shore Dundalk Bay at high water viewed from The Crescent (geograph 6032747).jpg
Dundalk Bay seen from the Haggardstown shore

Geraldines GFC is the local Gaelic football team. The club has won the Louth Senior Football Championship five times. [6]

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "Baile Hagaird / Haggardstown". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Haggardstown Townland, Co. Louth". www.townlands.ie. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Parish Details - Haggardstown & Blackrock - Schools". armagharchdiocese.org. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Saint Oliver Plunkett's Roman Catholic Church, Haggardstown, Blackrock, County Louth". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Saint Paul's Church of Ireland Church, Haynestown, County Louth". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Roll of Honour". geraldinesgfc.ie. Geraldines GFC. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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