Clonee
{{short description|Village in County Meath, west of Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Clonee
| native_name = {{lang|ga|Cluain Aodha}}
| native_name_lang = ga
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Clonee Village - geograph.org.uk - 665044.jpg
| image_caption = The R147 road through Clonee
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| coordinates = {{coord|53.4117|-6.4442|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Ireland
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name1 = Leinster
| subdivision_name3 = County Meath
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 65
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| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = {{cite web | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=cebcd03c-6888-4c9c-baa7-47ec22949c56 | title = Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Clonee | work = Census 2022 | publisher = Central Statistics Office| access-date = 26 September 2023}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban = 1205
| timezone1 = WET
| utc_offset1 = +0
| utc_offset1_DST = -1
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| blank_name = Irish Grid Reference
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| postal_code = D15
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Clonee ({{irish place name|Cluain Aodha|Aodh's pasture}}{{cite book|first=A. D. |last=Mills |year=2003 |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |publisher=Oxford University Press}}) is a village and a townland{{cite web |url=https://www.logainm.ie/1416701.aspx |title=Cluain Aodha |work=Placenames Database of Ireland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023222106/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1416701 |archive-date=23 October 2021}} in County Meath, Ireland. It borders County Dublin to the east at the townlands of Huntstown and Littlepace, and is sometimes used in addresses for housing in those townlands.{{cite web |title=Clonee settlement |url=http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=FA1C6EB8-1464-4674-BAD3-32C3A17A81B3 | publisher=Central Statistics Office (CSO) |work=Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics |date=2016 |access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-date=6 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406040644/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=FA1C6EB8-1464-4674-BAD3-32C3A17A81B3 |url-status=live}} The River Tolka passes the village.
Geography
Clonee is situated on fairly level land, with the River Tolka passing, joined by the Clonee Stream at one end of the village.Doyle (2012), p.13
Location and access
=Bus=
Clonee village is about 14 km from Dublin and is accessible by Dublin Bus routes 70 (Baggot St- Dunboyne), 70D (to and from Dublin City University), and 270 (Blanchardstown Shopping Centre-Dunboyne). It is close to the suburb of Ongar which is served by route 39/A (Belfield/Baggot Street).
Bus Éireann routes 109 (to/from Dunshaughlin, Navan, Kells, Virginia and Cavan) and 105 (to/from Ratoath via Fairyhouse Racecourse) also serve Clonee. The stops for this route are outside and opposite Lidl.{{Cite web|url=http://www.buseireann.ie/|title=Bus Éireann|website=Bus Éireann|access-date=23 October 2021|archive-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130235044/http://www.buseireann.ie/|url-status=live}}
=Rail=
Clonee is served by Hansfield railway station, approximately 3km away. Trains can be taken to Clonsilla, Coolmine, Castleknock, Ashtown and Dublin Docklands via Dublin city direction and Dunboyne and M3 parkway in opposite direction.
Demographics
Between 2011 and 2022, Clonee village's population almost doubled, from 631 to 1,205.{{cite web |url=http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=FA1C6EB8-1464-4674-BAD3-32C3A17A81B3 |title=Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Clonee Village |website=Central Statistics Office (CSO) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406040644/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=FA1C6EB8-1464-4674-BAD3-32C3A17A81B3 |archive-date=6 April 2018 }}
Facilities
There is one public house, The Grasshopper Inn, and two supermarkets (Aldi & Lidl). Clonee is home to Dunboyne Tennis Club,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dunboynetennis.com/|title=Tennis | Dunboyne Tennis Club | County Meath|website=dunboyne-tennis-club|access-date=23 October 2021|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226161337/https://www.dunboynetennis.com/|url-status=live}} Clonee United{{Cite web|url=https://cloneeunited.com/|title=Clonee | United|website=cloneeunited.com|access-date=23 October 2021|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123121427/https://cloneeunited.com/|url-status=live}} and the Royal Meath Pitch and Putt club. The GAA club, Erin Go Bragh, is located in Littlepace.
'Gateway to Meath' is a public art installation on the N3 Clonee Bypass. It features a 2.7m tall bronze man at a 4m high bronze gate by the artist Ann Meldon Hugh.
Economy
The Kepak Group, a large food processing company with a turnover in excess of €500 million and employing more than 2000 people in Ireland and the UK, moved its headquarters to Clonee in 1981.{{cite web |url=http://www.bordbia.ie/go/abb/co?id=7027106 |title=Kepak Group |website=Bord Bia |access-date=19 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061004054521/http://www.bordbia.ie/go/abb/co?id=7027106 |archive-date=4 October 2006}}
Facebook datacenters with 300 employees were built from 2018 onwards, powered by Ireland's first private 220kV substation.{{cite web |last1=Goodbody |first1=Will |title=Inside Facebook's Clonee data centre |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0914/993768-facebook-data-centre/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030943/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0914/993768-facebook-data-centre/ |archive-date=9 November 2020 |language=en |date=15 September 2018 |url-status=live}}
Sources
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |last=Doyle |first=Joseph W. |orig-year=2008 |year=2012 |title=Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin|pages=i-iv, 1–50 + photos and map |publisher=Rath Eanna Research |location=Dublin, Ireland |isbn=978-0-9566363-4-8 |ref=Doyle|edition=5th }}
- {{cite book |last=Sweeney |first=Clair L. |year=1991 |title=The Rivers of Dublin |pages=1–115, inc. many maps |isbn=0-9505301-4-X |publisher=Dublin Corporation |location=Dublin, Ireland |ref=Sweeney}}
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See also
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030728230243/http://www.meath.ie/Planning/Clonee_action/Contents.htm 2000 Clonee Draft Framework Plan]
{{Towns and villages in County Meath}}