Summerhill
Cnoc an Línsigh (Irish) | |
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Village | |
 The village green | |
  Summerhill Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°28′55″N 6°43′51″W / 53.481907°N 6.73084°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Meath |
| Dáil Éireann | Meath West |
| Population | 878 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Summerhill (Irish: Cnoc an Línsigh)[2] is a heritage village in County Meath, Ireland.[3] It is located in the south of the county, between Trim and Kilcock on the R158 and west of Dunboyne on the R156.
It is the site of one of the most important battles in 17th century Ireland, the Battle of Dungan's Hill. Up until 1667, the village was known in English as 'The Knock' or 'Lynchs' Knock' (phonetic renderings of Cnoc an Línsigh) as it was the ancestral home of the Norman-Irish Lynch family, whence came the Galway merchant family of the same name - one of the "Tribes of Galway".[4] However, in about 1667, it was renamed Summerhill by the Langfords, the landed gentry, builders of Summerhill House and planners of the village as it is today.[5]
The ruins of the large Lynch castle can be seen in the village today while, apart from the village layout, only the demesne walls and entrance pillars of Summerhill House still stand.
- ^ "Sapmap Area: Settlements Summerhill". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Cnoc an Línsigh / Summerhill". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ http://www.meath.ie/CountyCouncil/Publications/DevelopmentPlan/TrimElectoralAreaPlanningPublications/File,30317,en.pdf [dead link]
- ^ The History and Folklore of, Coole and Summerhill Parish (1999). The History and Folklore of Coole and Summerhill Parish. Coole and Summerhill: Coole and Summerhill I.C.A. pp. 28–34.
- ^ "Summerhill, Co. Meath, Ireland". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2008.