Batterstown

Batterstown
Baile an Bhóthair
Town
Batterstown

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 53°28′11″N 6°32′11″W / 53.4697°N 6.5364°W / 53.4697; -6.5364Coordinates: 53°28′11″N 6°32′11″W / 53.4697°N 6.5364°W / 53.4697; -6.5364
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Meath
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

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]

The village is served by the Bus Éireann 111 Athboy to Dublin service.[5] Under the Bus Eireann M3 Corridor - Bus Services to Dublin & Local Centres Proposals announced in 2015, this route will no longer provide a service to Batterstown.[6]

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" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
  5. ↑ A4 Portrait101-200.qxd
  6. ↑ http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1420620583-M3-Corridor.pdf
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