Cross Keys
Cross Keys is a locality in County Meath, Leinster. Cross Keys is situated nearby to the hamlet Batterjohn, as well as near Drumree.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunsany Castle and Demesne and Church of St Nicholas.
Dunsany Castle and Demesne
Castle
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Dunsany Castle, Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland, is a modernised Anglo-Norman castle, started c. 1180 / 1181 by Hugh de Lacy, who also commissioned the original Killeen Castle, nearby, and the famous Trim Castle. Dunsany Castle and Demesne is situated 2½ km north of Cross Keys.
Church of St Nicholas
Ruins
Photo: Tim Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km north of Cross Keys.
Killeen Church
Ruins
Killeen Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Meath, Ireland. Killeen Church is situated 3 km northeast of Cross Keys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drumree and Dunshaughlin.
Drumree
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumree is a settled area in the civil parish of Knockmark, south County Meath, Ireland, south of Dunsany and approximately 26 kilometres from Dublin city centre. Drumree is situated 2½ km east of Cross Keys.
Dunshaughlin
Town
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Dunshaughlin is a town in County Meath, Ireland. A commuter town for nearby Dublin, Dunshaughlin more than tripled in population between the 1996 and 2022 censuses. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Dunshaughlin is situated 5 km east of Cross Keys.
Kilmessan
Village
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Kilmessan is a village in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated 10/15 minutes away from Dunshaughlin, Trim and Navan, 6 km from the M3 motorway. The village has a primary school, shop, post office and several pubs. Kilmessan is situated 6 km northwest of Cross Keys.
Cross Keys
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Meath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.51222° or 53° 30′ 44″ northLongitude
-6.61861° or 6° 37′ 7″ westElevation
115 metres (377 feet)Open location code
9C5MG96J+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 52234067OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2964983
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