Talk:Slane

mergefrom Slane Hill
I believe that the Hill of Slane is better described in the context of the history and geography of the area around it. This is why I suggest merging it with the Slane article. This article is short and would not detract or overwhelm the Slane article, in fact it would improve it. -- Patleahy 02:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I second that motion. Merge the articles. 129.105.110.246 16:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I merged the articles. -- Patleahy 03:10, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

N2 to Monaghan, not Derry
While the road from Dublin through Slane eventually goes to Derry it is not called the N2 all the way. The road called the N2 which passes through Slane ends at the border near Monaghan. The A5 continues on to Derry. It is therefore more correct to refer to the road as the Dublin to Monaghan road. See the article on the N2. --Patleahy 15:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Slane GFC
An article on Slane GFC was speedy deleted. The given reason is: "It is an article about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or website that does not assert the importance or significance of the subject. (CSD A7)". I had the admin who deleted it copy the contents here: Talk:Slane/Slane_clg. Most of the contents was cut and paste from a copyrighted source so I removed it. I added some details to this article however I felt most of it was excessive detail for this encyclopedia. -- Patleahy 18:09, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Such a pagan site needed Christianization
The statement "Such a pagan site needed Christianization" is a point of view which is not expressed in the accompanying source. The Lewis quote explains that Christians may have chosen the site because it had an existing pagan shrine, however this is not the same as saying the location needed Christianization. -- PatLeahy (talk) 01:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Quite fair. Your edit is an improvement. It is still true, nevertheless, that the more prominent a pagan site was in culture or landscape, the more surely it was "covered" by a Christian overlay. Assessing the "urgency" is interpretive.--Wetman 07:54, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Street names
The article says, 'The four houses stand at the intersection of the two main streets in the village.' What are the names of the two main streets?? Culnacréann -  (talk)  16:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Stráid tséipéal / Chapel street is one. Boundarylayer (talk) 05:38, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Meaning of the name
First of all, the reference that is cited to support the claim that Baile Shláine means 'homestead of fullness' is a British place name book, written by British people, perhaps I should give them the benefit of the doubt, but it is clear to me that instead it was written by people who don't understand Irish. Or perhaps it is referring to a place called 'Slane' in Britain? As this wiki page is about an Irish town, it's puzzling why it is being cited. Second of all Baile Shláine literally translates to Slane's town, as 'Baile' means town. Sláine mac Dela was a person with ancient connections with the area, the area now being named after him.

Fullness translates to Flúirse or iomláine and not to Sláine. Have a look at an english Irish dictionary for those of you who are not native speakers.

I strike to remove this nonsense source, and will do so in 1 month if there is no discussion on this talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boundarylayer (talk • contribs) 05:52, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I believe Sláine can mean bounty, so fullness might not be that far off, "homestead" though is irredeemable.
 * 86.41.146.36 (talk) 01:10, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Bushmills loot
T.J.Gal The bridge has not always been the source of tragedy, the evening of the 18th of May 1969 is fondly remembered by many of the community when a truck laden with Bushmills and Cream of Barley Whiskey was traveling from Antrim to Dublin when its brakes failed coming down the hill and it rolled over the bridge wall into the river some 3 meters or so below, the driver survived and was brought to Hospital but the liquor was strewn across the river bottom. Most of the town of Slane were quick on the scene, vans and truck were seen spiriting away from the wreck of the truck in the dead of night. Several prosecutions followed, the actual quantity of whiskey taken away is still known only to the management of Bushmills and perhaps to the Insurance Company that followed up the claim, the following day five Irish Divers, Brian Cusack, Sean Sheridan, Joe Murray, Fergus McKenna and Sean Donohoe arrived and while the local people of Slane were still dredging for bottles they collected 408 bottles in total, the local butcher in Slane at the time was apparently still drinking Bushmills Whiskey four years later.

http://www.militaryheritage.ie/research/museum_list.htm Who's Who in Irish military history http://stmhs.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=print&thread=9 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.46.191.135 (talk) 01:19, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

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Hope you like the new pictures
I think you really get a sense for just how much the tower on the college, adjacent to the friary tower on the hill of slane has eroded since 1830 with the pics/drawings I've added and arranged. Hopefully the OPW will restore it all someday, along with taking over as custodians for St. Erc's hermitage and restoring it too, as that building has been let to really fall apart by its present owners and is in threat of completely being wiped out by falling trees. Boundarylayer (talk) 01:56, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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Info on the hymn hune SLANE is probably incorrect
The hymn - ie, the poetry - is ancient. The tune was not published in recognizable form until 1909. I would point you to this history of both the tune and the text. http://drhamrick.blogspot.com/2011/01/be-thou-my-vision.html. (Conversational use of the word "hymn" refers to a combination of both tune and text, but in academic and research use they are different and are often remixed, as it were, in different combinations.) I will wait for others to comment (or for 30 days) before I make any changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blauschwein (talk • contribs) 10:17, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Population update
The population was updated (2022) in the introduction. But the chapter "Population and demographics" still stops with 2016. Whoever updates, can one not check the whole article for inconsistencies?--Wanfried-Dublin (talk) 11:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)