Sandpit, County Louth
Village in County Louth, Ireland
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Sandpit (Irish: Clais an Ghainimh)[1] is a small village in the rural hinterland of Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It lies in the townland of Milltown,[1] which had a population of 213 as of the 2011 census.[2]
Location
Sandpit is located approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Drogheda, off the road to Termonfeckin. The village lies in civil parish of Termonfeckin,[1] between the M1 motorway and the coast, where there are beaches and golf courses at Baltray and Seapoint.[citation needed]
Amenities
Within the village is a 19th-century church,[3] a small supermarket,[4] and the local national (primary) school.[5] Also nearby is a community hall,[4] which is used by some local organisations and houses a playschool.[citation needed]
The Catholic church, the Church of the Assumption,[3][4] is in Termonfechin parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh.[6]
Sandpit National School, which was founded in 1956,[5] had an enrollment of approximately 260 pupils in 2012.[7]
