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Skreen

An Scrín

Two modest houses preserve carved timber and contrasting brick details.

Watercolour and fine ink of two low cottages at Skreen with blue gabled porches, a slate roof and red brick chimneys behind a garden wall.
The paired cottages at Skreen, County Meath, as photographed in July 2010.
Recorded locationSkreen53.58729° N · 6.56301° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • An Scrín · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Achall · Irish · main form · historical name
  • Skreen · English · main form

Place & story

Porches, bargeboards and gates

The architectural inventory dates this pair of single-storey houses in Skreen to about 1880. Each has a central gabled porch, with decorative timber bargeboards and finials above. Red-brick surrounds distinguish the windows from the roughcast walls, while panels and plaques sit over the glazed doors. Limestone boundary walls and iron pedestrian gates continue the paired arrangement at the roadside. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Meath
Barony
Skreen
Civil parish
Skreen
Coordinates
53.58729, -6.56301
Mapped area
5.13 km²
Logainm ID
38038 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Skreen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Pair of Skreen houses, registration14326003, Meath survey2002 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Pair of decorated cottages at Skreen, County Meath illustration: based on a Country Houses, Skreen, Co Meath by C O'Flanagan. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-08-20. How this page was prepared.