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Country
  
Ireland

Time zone
  
WET (UTC+0)

Province
  
Leinster

County
  
County Longford

Irish Grid Reference
  
N125638

Local time
  
Saturday 4:04 PM

Keenagh

Weather
  
14°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 65% Humidity

Keenagh or Kenagh (Irish: Caonach, meaning "moss") is a village in County Longford, Ireland. It is situated on the R397 near the Royal Canal.

Map of Keenagh, Co. Longford, Ireland

A small village with two churches (Catholic and Church of Ireland), a couple of shops and three pubs, it lies 14 km (8.7 mi) south of Longford Town. There is also a GAA club in the village and a community centre.

Corlea Trackway is an Iron Age trackway near the village.

In the period 2000 to 2007 many new houses were built around Keenagh, due to the tax incentives available in the area and without direct consideration to demand - many are now vacant or incomplete constituting ghost estates.

References

Keenagh Wikipedia


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