Scartaglen

Scartaglen Scairteach an Ghlinne
Village
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
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Coordinates: 52°10′45″N9°24′22″W / 52.1791°N 9.406°W / 52.1791; -9.406
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Kerry
Council	Kerry County Council
Dáil Éireann	Kerry
European Parliament	South
Population  (2011) [1]	163
	(Scartaglin townland)
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST)
Telephone area code	+353(0)64
Irish Grid Reference	R038039

Scartaglen or Scartaglin (Irish : Scairteach an Ghlinne) ^[2] is a village and townland in the Sliabh Luachra area of County Kerry, Ireland. ^[3] It is located on the R577 regional road, close to the town of Castleisland. ^[4] As of the 2011 census, the townland of Scartaglin had a population of 163 people. ^[1]

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]

Notable people

• Neil Horan, defrocked Roman Catholic priest^{[ citation needed ]}
• Eileen Sheehan, Irish poet based in Killarney ^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• World Fiddle Day
• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
2. "Scairteach an Ghlinne / Scartaglin". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
3. "Welcome to Scartaglin". gokerry.ie. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
4. "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
5. "Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church, Scartaglin, Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
6. "School - Scartaglin New Central School (19745I)". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
7. "East Kerry GAA Fixtures Update". eastkerrygaa.com. September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.