Sandpit, County Louth
Location
Sandpit is located approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Drogheda, off the road to Termonfeckin. The village lies in civil parish of Termonfeckin, between the M1 motorway and the coast, where there are beaches and golf courses at Baltray and Seapoint.
Amenities
Within the village is a 19th-century church, a small supermarket, and the local national (primary) school. Also nearby is a community hall, which is used by some local organisations and houses a playschool.
The Catholic church, the Church of the Assumption, is in Termonfechin parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh.
Sandpit National School, which was founded in 1956, had an enrollment of approximately 260 pupils in 2012.
See also
References
- ^ "Clais an Ghainimh / Sandpit". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "CD163 - Louth Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
Population [..] Townlands [..] Milltown, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth [..] 213
- ^ "Catholic Church of the Assumption, Milltown (Termonfeckin par.), Louth". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "So where does Sandpit begin?". independent.ie. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Sandpit N.S. - Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál". scoilmhuirec.ie. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Parish Details - Termonfechin". armagharchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Armagh. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
Church of the Assumption, Sandpit
- ^ "Population grows by 121 per cent in Termonfeckin". independent.ie. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
53°46′13″N 6°18′32″W / 53.7703°N 6.3089°W
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