Scartaglen or Scartaglin (Irish: Scairteach an Ghlinne)[2] is a village and townland in the Sliabh Luachra area of County Kerry, Ireland.[3] It is located on the R577 regional road, close to the town of Castleisland.[4] As of the 2011 census, the townland of Scartaglin had a population of 163 people.[5]

Scartaglen
Scairteach an Ghlinne
Village
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Scartaglen is located in Ireland
Scartaglen
Scartaglen
Location in Ireland
Scartaglen is located in Europe
Scartaglen
Scartaglen
Scartaglen (Europe)
Coordinates: 52°10′45″N 9°24′22″W / 52.1791°N 9.406°W / 52.1791; -9.406
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyKerry
CouncilKerry County Council
Dáil ÉireannKerry
European ParliamentSouth
Population
 (2016)[1]
163
 (Scartaglin townland)
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Telephone area code+353(0)64
Irish Grid ReferenceR038039

The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and was built between 1928 and 1930.[6] Scartaglin National School is a co-educational primary (national) school which had over 120 pupils enrolled as of the 2020 school year.[7] The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Scartaglin GAA, fields teams in the East Kerry Division.[8]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Scairteach an Ghlinne / Scartaglin". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Scartaglin". gokerry.ie. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ "World Fiddle Day Scartaglin". worldfiddledayscartaglin.ie. Retrieved 6 March 2021. Scartaglin is a small rural Kerry village [..] between Castleisland and Ballydesmond and lies within the famous Sliabh Luachra region
  5. ^ "CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church, Scartaglin, Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Scartaglin National School, Scartaglin, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Uimhir rolla: 19745I". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  8. ^ "East Kerry GAA Fixtures Update". eastkerrygaa.com. September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.