Jenkinstown, County Louth
- Jenkinstown, County Louth
Jenkinstown (Irish "Baile Sheinicín"), in County Louth, Ireland takes in the townlands of Rockmarshall, the Hollow and Dromiskin, stretching from Ravensdale in the West to Lordship/Cooley in the East, bounded by the mountains and Glenmore to the North and Bellurgan and Dundalk Bay to the south.
Jenkinstown Crossroads is at its centre, where one can go north up to the Long Womans Grave and the Magic Hill in the mountains, or south past Jenkinstown Church and the Cruddens to Mrs Mc Crystals store, the economic centre of the locality.Fact|date=July 2008
The townland is home to many clans with origins in the Carolan, Hughes, Dawe, McDermott and McArdle families. There are many famous Carolans and McDermotts who are well known in the local community.
Famous Jenkinstownians include Eamonn Crudden, a founder member of Indymedia Ireland [http://www.indymedia.ie] .
ee also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
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