Sandpit (Irish : Clais an Ghainimh) [1] is a small village in the rural hinterland of Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It lies in the townland of Milltown, [1] which had a population of 213 as of the 2011 census. [2]
Sandpit (Irish : Clais an Ghainimh) [1] is a small village in the rural hinterland of Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It lies in the townland of Milltown, [1] which had a population of 213 as of the 2011 census. [2]
Sandpit is located approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Drogheda, off the road to Termonfeckin. The village lies in civil parish of Termonfeckin, [1] between the M1 motorway and the coast, where there are beaches and golf courses at Baltray and Seapoint.[ citation needed ]
Within the village is a 19th-century church, [3] a small supermarket, [4] and the local national (primary) school. [5] Also nearby is a community hall, [4] which is used by some local organisations and houses a playschool.[ citation needed ]
The Catholic church, the Church of the Assumption, [3] [4] is in Termonfechin parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh. [6]
Sandpit National School, which was founded in 1956, [5] had an enrollment of approximately 260 pupils in 2012. [7]
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Population [..] Townlands [..] Milltown, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth [..] 213
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