Collon

Collon
Collann
Village
The Foster homestead at Collon
The Foster homestead at Collon
Collon is located in Ireland
Collon
Collon
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°46′43″N 6°28′52″W / 53.77870°N 6.48116°W / 53.77870; -6.48116
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Louth
Area
 • Total17.69 km2 (6.83 sq mi)
Elevation
128 m (420 ft)
Population896
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceO001820

Collon (Irish: Collann)[3] is a village and townland in the south west corner of County Louth, Ireland, on the N2 national primary road. The village is home to the Cistercian Abbey of New Mellifont, and to Collon House, the ancestral home of the Foster family. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.[4]

  1. ^ "Collon Map, Louth, Ireland".
  2. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Collon". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Collann / Collon". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Collann / Collon (civil parish)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2024.