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unusual facts about Slane


Jeffry Wyattville

Slane, County Meath, Ireland, design for a market house (c.1800)


Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar

The Saint Patrick mosaic represents the saint lighting the Paschal fire on the mount of Slane.

Darerca of Ireland

By Restitutus she was mother of Saint Sechnall of Dunshaughlin; Saint Nectan of Killunche, and of Fennor (near Slane); of Saint Auxilius of Killossey (near Naas, County Kildare); of Saint Diarmaid of Druim-corcortri (near Navan); of Dabonna, Mogornon, Drioc, Luguat, and Coemed Maccu Baird (the Lombard) of Cloonshaneville, near Frenchpark, County Roscommon.

Duleek railway station

A rail replacement bus was introduced in 1958 and this route continues to this day as Bus Éireann route 188 (Drogheda-Duleek-Slane-Navan with a latter extension to Trim).

John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles

:*Sir William Welles, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, married to Anne Barnewall, daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall, and had issue including Elizabeth, Lady Slane;

Navan railway station

A rail replacement bus was introduced in 1958 and this route continues to this day as Bus Éireann route 188 (Navan-Slane-Duleek-Drogheda with a latter extension to Trim).

U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland

Although Slane Concerts at Slane Castle are traditionally held once a year, U2 played two concerts.

Workers Beer Company

In Ireland, WBC has run has bars at Slane, Longitude, Phoenix Park, and in recent times provided Information Stewards at Oxegen as well as cup recycling.


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