Boyerstown (Baile Baighe in Irish) is a small village, townland, and Roman Catholic parish in County Meath, Ireland. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Believed to be of Gaelic origin a townland is a term for a small geographical unit of land used in Ireland; the term was at one time also used in Scotland County Meath (Contae na Mí is a county in Ireland, often informally called The Royal County Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world It is located off the N51 National secondary road some 5 km westsouthwest of Navan. A National Secondary Road (Bóthar Náisiúnta den Dara Grád is a category of road in Ireland. Navan (ˈnævən) is the largest town and County town or administrative capital of County Meath, Ireland.

The village, which consists of one small street, contains a 19th-century church, St Cuthbert's, and a national (primary) school while the townland extends for a number of miles around it. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar A national school is a type of School. England and Wales See also Education in England, Education in Wales Historically

The parish of Boyerstown, along with another parish called Cortown, historically has been linked to the neighbouring parish of Bohermeen, with the parish priest and curate serving all three parishes. Bohermeen is a Roman Catholic Parish in the Irish Diocese of Meath.

One of its most famous people is the controversial Catholic priest and polemicist Father David O'Hanlon, whose bitter attack on the then President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, whom he called "cheap" and claimed had insulted the Pope by wearing a dark green dress in the Vatican, made international headlines. Polemics (pəˈlɛmɪks/ /poʊ- is the practice of disputing or controverting religious, philosophical, or political matters Father David O'Hanlon (Irish Dáibhéad Ua hAnluain) (born in 1969 is a controversial Irish Roman Catholic Priest and Theologian The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Head of state of Ireland. Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Máire Mhic Róibín born 21 May 1944 was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997 and the United Nations History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory

The controversial new M3 motorway is now (2007) under construction through the townland of Boyerstown.

See also

• Ardbraccan
• Ardbraccan House
• Bohermeen
• Durhamstown Castle
• Navan

External links

• Archaeological discoveries while building the N3 in Boyerstown
• More archaeological discoveries while planning the road
• Architecture link showing a historic thatched house in Boyerstown

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