Tallanstown
Tallanstown, Irish: Baile an Tallúnaigh, is a village in County Louth, Ireland. It sits on the River Glyde, about 13 km southwest of Dundalk, at the junction of the R171 and R166 roads. The village won the 2010 Tidy Towns award.
The area includes the townland and civil parish of Tallanstown. Nearby Louth Hall and Rathbrist have evidence of ancient settlement, including standing stones, enclosures and hut sites. There are ruins of a motte-and-bailey castle in Louth Hall townland. Louth Hall is a ruined three-story Georgian house built around 1760 on the site of an earlier 14th-century tower house.
The local Catholic church, dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, was built around 1780 in Louth Hall townland. The nearby national school, built in 1840, is now used as a community hall.
In September 2025, three members of a local family were killed in a suspected triple murder at their home in Drumgowna townland, northwest of Tallanstown.
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