Navan Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
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Navan, County Meath Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
Navan is the largest town and county town or administrative capital of County Meath, Ireland. It is thought to be one of the few places in the world to have a paladromic name. A paladromic place is a city or town that can be spelled either from left to right or right to left identically.
Horse Racing in the Navan Area
The Navan area is very well served with Horse Racing , 2 race meetings a week. We have such tracks as Navan,Fairyhouse, Bellewstown, Laytown, Dundalk,Naas, Kilbeggan, Punchestown, Curragh & Leopardstown. Navan has National Hunt & Flat Meetings.Fairyhouse has both as well & also.holds the Irish Grand National on Easter Monday. Bellewstown has both which are held during the summer. Laytown Races are held on the strand & have a real carnival athmosphere usually in September. Dundalk is an all weather track & racing is held on the flat in winter & summer. Punchestown has its world renown festival usually end of April. Kilbeggan is national hunt & is held during the summer.
Laytown Race Meeting 2009
History
Local folklore has it that it was the parish priest who, in 1876, organised the first race meeting on Laytown’s three miles of golden strand. Held intermittently since then, it was not until 1901 that local landowner, Paddy Delaney, established the meeting as we know it today. Nothing, not even two World Wars, has stopped it taking place since then. Laytown races have not changed very much through the years, but they are unique because they are the only grandstand races held in Europe which have the approval of the governing bodies. The enclosure consists of a three acre field, elevated above the beach. Steps which have been built up into the face of the sand dunes and these form the Grandstand. Marquees are erected on the day before the races and these are used to provide a weigh room, bars and snack bars. On Race Day, the strand is closed from early morning and work on the course then commences. By the time the first race is ready to start the tide has gone out, and racing can begin.
Location
Laytown is a small seaside resort on the east coast of Ireland, 29 miles north of Dublin. To reach the course, turn off the N1 Dublin-Belfast road at Julianstown.
Public Transport
There is a public bus service from Dublin to Navan every 10 minutes & return service every 10 minutes to Dublin.
Regular train services from Drogheda and Dublin (Connolly Station). Tel: 00 353 1 836 6111 Irish Rail (Iarnrod Eireann) for train timetable. Check www.buseireann.ie and www.irishrail.ie for timetables.
Additional Information
Contact: Mr Kevin Coleman, the Secretary/Manager, at 9 Palace Street, Drogheda
Tel: +353 (0) 41 9842111
Fax: +353 (0) 41 983 7566
Email: klaybell@eircom.net
Geography
Navan is situated in the centre of the County Meath, on the N3 National Primary Road approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) north west of Dublin and 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Drogheda. The town is in the Boyne Valley, at the confluence of the River Boyne and River Blackwater. It is 20 kilometres (12 mi) upriver from the Brú na Bóinne (the Neolithic monuments of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth). The town is also near the historic locations of the Hill of Tara, Bective Abbey, Skryne and Slane. The town of Trim is upriver on the Boyne from Navan. The town of Kells is upriver on the Blackwater from Navan. The seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath was located in Navan, but it is now located in Mullingar, County Westmeath.
Population
The population of the urban area of Navan was 24,851 in 2006. Using this criterion it was the fifth-largest town in Ireland. The population of the town and its environs had increased by 28% since 2002. The population of Navan within its local authority boundary was 3,406 in 2006.
Local economy
Tara Mines, Europe's largest lead and zinc mine is located in Navan. The town traditionally was famous for carpets (Navan Carpets closed in 2003) and for a thriving furniture industry (Beechmount Home Park). Nevertheless, Navan has rapidly expanded with the Celtic Tiger to become a large dormitory town due to its proximity to Dublin.
People
Navan was the childhood home of Pierce Brosnan, the fifth actor to play the celebrated role of James Bond. TV personality Hector Ó hEochagáin, and comedians Dylan Moran and Tommy Tiernan also hail from Navan. Other famous people included Sir Francis Beaufort famous for his wind scale. Brian Byrne, composer, is a native of Navan, and is currently living in L.A. working on film and TV scores. Entrepreneur Ian Clarke, the man behind Freenet, Revver and Thoof was also a Navan native.
Railways
The town has a freight only railway line. Navan was a railway crossroads, with the GNR(I) line from Drogheda to Oldcastle and the MGWR line from Kingscourt to Clonsilla (on the Dublin to Sligo line) passing through the town, connecting at Navan Junction. The GNR(I) line from Navan to Oldcastle and the MGWR line from Clonsilla to Navan closed in 1963, leaving the lines from Drogheda to Navan and Navan to Kingscourt in place. A spur to Tara Mines on the Navan to Oldcastle trackbed was reinstated in 1977. As of 2005 the railway is solely used by Iarnród Éireann to bring freight from the local lead and zinc mine, Tara Mines, to Dublin Port. The line from Kingscourt was used for transport of gypsum until quite recently but now this line is unused.
3 Day Sight Seeing in The Navan - Newgrange Area
Day 1 - Visit Tara, Bective Abbey, Trim, Kells, Old Castle & Navan.
Day 2 - Dubln - Dublin Castle, Trinity College, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Patrick's Cathedral, National Gallery & Museum, Guinness Brewery.
Day 3 - Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Old Mellifont, Monasterboice, Drogheda, St. Laurence's Gate, The Tholsel & Millmount.
Navan is just a stones throw away from Dublin, Navan itself has many historical & archaelogical sites of interest. There are many castles such as Slane, Trim & Athlumney in the area.
The River Boyne flows through Navan & joins the River Blackwater on its way to the sea.
There is a varied range of outdoor activities that can be enjoyed locally such as walking, shopping - superior provincial shopping centre, leisure centre & swimming pool, horse riding & sales -Tatterstalls Horse Sales all year round, nature gardens & beeches, Bettystown, Laytown & Clogherhead, pitch & putt, go- karting & tennis.
Festivals & Events in the area for 2009
12th-14th of April Easter Fairyhouse Festival
28th of April - 2nd May Puchestown Racing Festival
1st of May - Grove & Ballinlough Gardens Open
17th of May - Loughcrew Opens
14th -17th of May - Irish Open Golf - Baltray, Co. Louth
11th - 14th of June - European Golf Challenge - Moyvalley Golf Club
20th of June - Oasis Rock Concert- Slane.
25th of June - 10th of July - Exhibition of Childrens Books- Newgrange Visitor Centre
11th of July - 16th of August - Craft in Action- Newgrange Visitor Centre
17th - 19th of July - Adelaide International Kells Road Races
During July on Wednesdays - Tara Lecture Series
5th- 9th of August - Failte Ireland Dublin Show, R D S
28th -30th August - Sean Nos Dancing Competitions - Tel: 087 - 2962320 for more information
24th of September - 11th of October - Dublin Threatre Festival
Bridge is played at least twice a week all year round, visitors are always very welcome. Meath also has The Soltice Arts Centre where different musical events & exhibitions are held during the year.
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