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Townland

Kentstown

Baile an Cheantaigh

The Catholic church’s carved limestone front distinguishes it from the townland’s separate Church of Ireland building.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Kentstown church with a limestone front, three red doors, three pointed windows and stepped battlements.
Illustration, the Church of the Assumption at Kentstown, County Meath, as photographed in October 2008
Recorded locationKentstown53.63029° N · 6.52908° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Baile an Cheantaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Kentstown · English · main form

Place & story

The church dated 1844

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records the Church of the Assumption as a gable-fronted church built around 1844; a plaque above its front door carries that year. Three Tudor-arched entrances stand beneath a pointed window with tracery. Buttresses, pinnacles and battlement-like detailing give the limestone entrance front a more elaborate finish than the roughly dressed stone side walls. A graveyard lies to the east, with limestone gate piers and iron gates forming part of the setting. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Meath
Civil parish
Kentstown
Coordinates
53.63029, -6.52908
Mapped area
1.87 km²
Logainm ID
38671 ↗

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 — Kentstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Catholic Church of the Assumption, Kentstown: NIAH14403201, County 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. Church of the Assumption, Kentstown, County Meath illustration: based on a Church of the Assumption, Kentstown, Co. Meath by JP. 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 2026-07-02. How this page was prepared.