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Sandpit, County Louth

Village in County Louth, Ireland

Sandpit (Irish: Clais an Ghainimh)^[1] is a small village in the rural hinterland of Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It lies in the townland of Milltown,^[1] which had a population of 213 as of the 2011 census.^[2]

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,^[1] between the M1 motorway and the coast, where there are beaches and golf courses at Baltray and Seapoint.^{[citation needed]}

Amenities

Within the village is a 19th-century church,^[3] a small supermarket,^[4] and the local national (primary) school.^[5] Also nearby is a community hall,^[4] which is used by some local organisations and houses a playschool.^{[citation needed]}

The Catholic church, the Church of the Assumption,^[3]^[4] is in Termonfechin parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh.^[6]

Sandpit National School, which was founded in 1956,^[5] had an enrollment of approximately 260 pupils in 2012.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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
^ ^a ^b "Catholic Church of the Assumption, Milltown (Termonfeckin par.), Louth". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "So where does Sandpit begin?". independent.ie. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "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.