Clonee

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Clonee
Cluain Aodha
Location
Location of Clonee
centerMap highlighting Clonee
Irish grid reference
O032412
Statistics
Province: Leinster
County: County Meath, County Dublin
Elevation: 65 m
Population (2006) 1,000 

Clonee (Irish: Cluain Aodha, meaning Hugh's meadow), also sometimes called Clonee Village (Irish: Sráidbhaile Chluain Aodha), Dunboyne, is a rapidly developing satellite village and surrounding district on the borders of Fingal County and County Meath, Ireland. The county boundary actually runs through the district, just outside the village, and many of the housing estates listed as Clonee lie on the Dublin side of that boundary.

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[edit] Location and access

Clonee is about 14 km from Dublin, and is accessible by the Dublin Bus routes 70/A/X (City Centre/Belfield - Dunboyne) and 270 (Blanchardstown Shopping Centre-Dunboyne). It is situated just off the main N3 Dublin to Cavan road and is 4 miles north-west of the M50 motorway. Dunboyne is just a couple of km away down the R156.

[edit] Facilities

Clonee has a primary school and a few shopping areas, in addition to facilities within the new housing developments being built around the village.

More facilities are also being built as part of the Árd Cluain development just outside the village, and a much needed supermarket recently opened in June 2008.

[edit] Points of note

The Kepak Group, a large food processing company with a turnover in excess of €500 million and employing more than 2000 people in Ireland and the UK, moved its headquarters to Clonee in 1981.[1]

On January 1 2005, the Littlepace housing estate in Clonee was struck by a small tornado, which caused damage to a number of houses and parked vehicles.[citation needed]

[edit] Source

  1. ^ http://www.bordbia.ie/go/abb/co?id=7027106 Irish Food Board (retrieved 19 August 2006)

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