Bohermeen
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Bohermeen is a Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Meath in Ireland. Its English name is a corruption of an ancient Irish language name, An Bóthar Mín, meaning "the smooth road". Originally one of
The now deconsecrated Anglican St Ultan's Church
Stained glass window in St Ultan's Church
An early 20th century window in Bohermen RC Church which shows Christ the King.
An early 20th century window in Bohermen RC Church showing the coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Ardbraccan
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Ardbraccan is a civil parish and townland in County Meath, Ireland. Ardbraccan is the location of the former residence of the Catholic, then, after the Reformation, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Mea
Bohermeen
…era of dirt-roads, earned for it the nickname of the smooth road, An Bóthar Mín. For nearly fourteen hundred years the local area went by the name of Ardbraccan or Ard Braccan, meaning "height of Braccan", the hill on which St. Braccan located his mediaeval monastery and which in the 9th century became a diocese…
The church tower at Ardbraccan predates the church on the site by over 700 years. It was scheduled for demolition when the new church was built in the 1700s, but the plans fell through and the medieval tower avoided demolition.
The Irish parliament building is built from Ardbraccan stone.