Batterstown

Batterstown
Baile an Bhóthair
—  Town  —
Batterstown
Location in Ireland
Coordinates:
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Meath
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference

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]

Transport

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ http://www.irishtourist.com/meath/towns/batterstown/
  3. ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=IRE/2003/mar03/mar09batterstown
  4. ^ "Batterstown station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-12. 
  5. ^ A4 Portrait101-200.qxd