Donacarney is a village in County Meath

County Meath

County Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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, close to the border with County Louth

County Louth

County Louth is a county of Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Louth. Louth County Council is the local authority for the county...

. It contains one church, two estates, two schools and a pub. Although it includes the townland

Townland

A townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...

s of Donacarney Great and Donacarney Little, most locals would never use those terms in describing Donacarney.

Schools

Donacarney contains two schools: One boys school and a girls school. Roughly 600 pupils attend both schools. The schools share the same campus. The name of the school is Réalt ná Mara B.N.S and Réalt ná Mara G.N.S respectively.

Religion

There is one Roman Catholic church in Donacarney. It is called Star of the Sea Church

Our Lady, Star of the Sea

Our Lady, Star of the Sea is an ancient title for the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The words Star of the Sea are a translation of the Latin title Stella Maris, first reliably used with relation to the Virgin Mary in the ninth century...

. It is also called Mornington

Mornington, County Meath

Mornington is a coastal townland in County Meath, Ireland. Together with the neighbouring villages of Laytown and Bettystown it comprises the census town of Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington....

 Church, after the next townland.

New Housing Estate

Despite the overcrowded schools, and rejected planning permissions, An Bhord Pleana has overruled them all and allowed planning permission for 700 3-4 bedroom homes. This has angered the entire area.

Shannon Homes

Shannon Homes has gained planning permission for a small retail complex in Donacarney. It is not known exactly what this will contain. It will though, contain a pharmacy.

New School

The government has agreed to let Réalt ná Mara build a new school. The school will cost €500,000 to build including land buying. The government though will only pay €100,000. The school has all ready made over €150,000 from a raffle held in March 2008.

Controversy

On the 7th August 2009, a large drugs seizure in the Donacarney area was reported in the Irish Media. 6 kg of Cocaine with an estimated value of €430,000 was recovered during a search of a house by an Garda Siochana. These drugs would have paid for the new school. (?)

Distance to Places

(As The Crow Flies)

• Mornington: 1.23 km
• Laytown: 4.23 km
• Drogheda: 5.05 km
• Bettystown: 2.75 km
• Dublin: 41.92 km
• Galway: 189.77 km
• Belfast: 100.78 km
• Navan: 27.43 km
• Cork: 250.6 km