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Kinnegad
Irish: Cionn Átha Gad | |
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Town | |
 Kinnegad Main Street, the former N4 | |
  Kinnegad Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°27′18″N 7°06′04″W / 53.455°N 7.101°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Westmeath |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population | 3,064 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N595453 |
Kinnegad or Kinagad (Irish: Cionn Átha Gad, meaning 'head of the ford of withes')[2] is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is on the border with County Meath, near the junction of the M6 and the M4 motorways - two of Ireland's main east–west roads. It is roughly 60 km from the capital, Dublin.
From 1996 to 2016, there was a considerable increase in Kinnegad's population, from 517 to 2,745 inhabitants.[3] According to the 2016 census, approximately 79% of the town's housing stock (715 out of 907 households) was built between 1991 and 2010.[1]
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kinnegad". Census 2022. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Cionn Átha Gad/Kinnegad". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "KINNEGAD (Ireland)". City Population. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.