# Clonee

Clonee (Irish: Cluain Aodha, meaning 'Aodh's pasture') is a village and a townland 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. 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.

## Location and access

The townland is part of the civil parish of Dunboyne which is just a couple of km away down the R156 road. It is situated just off the main N3 Dublin to Cavan road and is 4 miles north-west of the M50 motorway.

### 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.

### 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.

## Facilities

There is one public house, The Grasshopper Inn, and two supermarkets (Aldi & Lidl). Clonee is home to Dunboyne Tennis Club, Clonee United 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.
Facebook datacenters with 300 employees were built from 2018 onwards, powered by Ireland's first private 220kV substation.

## Sources

* 1 2 "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Clonee". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
* ↑ Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press.
* ↑ "Cluain Aodha". Placenames Database of Ireland. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
* ↑ "Clonee settlement". Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics. Central Statistics Office (CSO). 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
* ↑ Doyle (2012), p.13
* ↑ "Bus Éireann". Bus Éireann. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
* ↑ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Clonee Village". Central Statistics Office (CSO). Archived from the original on 6 April 2018.
* ↑ "Tennis | Dunboyne Tennis Club | County Meath". dunboyne-tennis-club. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
* ↑ "Clonee | United". cloneeunited.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
* ↑ "Kepak Group". Bord Bia. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2006.
* ↑ Goodbody, Will (15 September 2018). "Inside Facebook's Clonee data centre". Archived from the original on 9 November 2020.