Athboy

Ballyboy Airfield is one of the largest and best recognised airfields in Ireland with IAA licensed parallel 600 metre hard and grass runways. We are focused on general & vintage aviation and we are home to the Irish Historic Flight Foundation. 

We welcome visiting aircrafts from all over Ireland and from across the UK and Europe.

Welcome to Johnsfort - Ireland, At Your Leisure.

We are a small family run accommodation and private tour business in Clonmellon on the Meath/Westmeath border. Johnsfort House and farm has been in the Ball Family since the late 1700's.

Killua is a historic castle located in the most romantic demesne in Ireland with links to Sir Walter Raleigh and Lawrence of Arabia. The castle, which long lay in ruins, has been fully restored and is now dedicated to expressing and sharing our greatest passions: history, art, environmental conservation, regenerative farming, and gastronomy.

The town of Athboy began sometime during the sixth century A.D. as a settlement at the river crossing known as the Yellow Ford. Long before this however, the inhabitants of Athboy were Druids, who had settlements at the nearby Hill of Ward. The Hill of Ward, also known as Tlachtga, is the site where the feast of Samhain was celebrated. Samhain is credited with being the forerunner of Halloween.

Tlachtga is the sacred hill outside Athboy where Halloween began as the Samhain Festival. Professional tour-guide and actor Fiona Dalton brings the Goddess Tlachtga to life in both a stage performance and a living history walking tour.  See Facebook and Instagram at Tlachtga Abhaile.
 
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