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Kilmeaden
Irish: Cill Mhíodáin | |
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Village | |
 Residential housing near Kilmeaden village centre | |
  Kilmeaden Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°14′03″N 7°14′37″W / 52.234167°N 7.243611°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Waterford |
| Population | 258 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
Kilmeaden or Kilmeadan (Irish: Cill Mhíodáin)[2] is a village in County Waterford, Ireland. It is 10 km (6 mi) west of the centre of Waterford city on the R680 road. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. Kilmeaden townland is nearby the village, at Old Kilmeaden.[2]
Kilmeaden Castle was a stronghold of the le Poer family in the fourteenth century. In the late thirteenth century, it was in the possession of Sir Walter de la Haye, a leading figure in the Irish Government from about 1270 to 1308. The castle was destroyed by Cromwellian forces c.1650. The lands of Kilmeaden were granted to the Ottrington family, and later passed by inheritance to the family of Viscount Doneraile.
- ^ "Sapmap Area: Settlements Kilmeaden". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Cill Mhíodáin/Kilmeaden". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 5 January 2022.