Batterstown Baile an Bhóthair
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Batterstown
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Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Meath |
Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
• Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
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Batterstown (Irish: Baile an Bhóthair, meaning "town of the road")[1] is a small village in the townland of Rathregan (Ráth Riagáin), Meath, Ireland. It is about 23 km (14 mi) northwest of Dublin, on the R154 regional road. [2] It hosts a yearly cycling race.[3]
Batterstown railway station opened on 1 July 1863, was closed for passenger traffic on 27 January 1947, closed for goods traffic on 12 June 1961, and finally closed altogether on 1 April 1963.[4]
Bus Éireann currently runs a service from Monday to Saturday that includes Batterstown.[5]
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