Scartaglen Scairteach an Ghlinne | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°10′45″N9°24′22″W / 52.1791°N 9.406°W Coordinates: 52°10′45″N9°24′22″W / 52.1791°N 9.406°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | Kerry |
Council | Kerry County Council |
Dáil Éireann | Kerry |
European Parliament | South |
Population (2016) [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. [5]
The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and was built between 1928 and 1930. [6] Scartaglin National School is a co-educational primary (national) school which had over 120 pupils enrolled as of the 2020 school year. [7] The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Scartaglin GAA, fields teams in the East Kerry Division. [8]
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Scartaglin is a small rural Kerry village [..] between Castleisland and Ballydesmond and lies within the famous Sliabh Luachra region