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]
Scartaglen
Scairteach an Ghlinne | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Our Lady of Lourdes Church | |
  Scartaglen Location in Ireland  Scartaglen Scartaglen (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′45″N 9°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 |
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]
Notable people
edit- Neil Horan, defrocked Roman Catholic priest[citation needed]
- Eileen Sheehan, Irish poet based in Killarney[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "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.