placenamesMeath Hill
Cnoc na Mí
The local club’s history follows changing teams, grounds and generations of players.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cnoc na Mí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Meath Hill · English · main form
Place & story
Teams and grounds
Meath GAA dates Meath Hill’s club to 1903. Shale Brick Rovers brought together players from Meath Hill, Drumconrath, Nobber and Kingscourt in 1951; Saint Brigid’s, Meath Hill, followed in 1962. Games were played in local fields before a pitch was developed near Ballyhoe Lake in 1972. The club moved again in 1992. [2]
Championship years
Meath Hill won the Junior A football championship in 1942, 1980 and 2017. In 2024 it secured both the Intermediate Football Championship and Corn na Boinne, defeating Navan O’Mahonys and Oldcastle respectively after extra time. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Slane Lower
- Civil parish
- Ardagh
- Coordinates
- 53.87974, -6.73777 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414673 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Meath Hill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Meath Hill: Club Information · Meath GAA
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.