Kentstown

Kentstown (Irish place name|Baile Ceannt) is a village in County Meath in Ireland at the junction of the R153 and R150 regional roads. The ruins of the medieval church can be found in Danestown, Kentstown, [http://www.meath.ie/LocalAuthorities/Heritage/ArchitecturalHeritage/ProtectedStructures/File,6838,en.pdf] while in the present St. Mary's Protestant Church an effigy in the shape of a medieval Norman knight is carved on a slab. The knight wears a tight-fitting jupon and has a dagger on his right hip. An inscription, in latin, accompanies it: "Here lies Thomas de Tuite, Knight, once Lord of Kentstown, who died on 2nd June 1363". [ http://www.octavehouse.com/historic_meath.htm]

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