Trim, County Meath

Trim ( Irish: Baile Átha Troim ) is a town in County Meath in the Republic of Ireland with 1375 inhabitants ( 2006). Trim is about 60 m above sea level. N.N. the River Boyne.

History

The place was founded by the Norman Hugh de Lacy. He founded here in 1172 a moth with a wooden tower, which burned down in 1173. The assigned to Hugh Tyrell settlement was in 1174 equipped with a Castle and was immediately competitive as Roderick O'Connor, the king of Connacht made ​​claims. In the 15th century Anglo - Norman parliament met in Trim.

Attractions

• Trim Castle is a Norman castle dating from the 12th century, both initially as well as ruin the largest in Europe. Served the movie Braveheart as a backdrop. On the banks of the Boyne the Norman nobles Hugh de Lacy built in 1172, initially as a moth with a wooden tower, as the first act of Norman conquest in Meath. Soon the moth of Hugh's son Walter de Lacy was expanded into a huge fortress at the center of the dominion of the de Lacy family.
• St. Patrick's Church was built in the 19th century in the west of the city. The tower of the old church from the 15th century and the font remained.
• The Yellow Steeple is the ruin of the belfry of the 1368 built Augustinian abbey of St. Mary's. Not far away are the only surviving remains of the city wall was built in 1359.
• Ruins of the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul with the remains of Kanonikerstifts Trim Newton, the Bishop of Meath, Simon de Rochfort, founded here in 1206.

Broadcasting

In the vicinity of Trim is located at Summer Hill, a transmitter for long- wave broadcasting with a 248 -meter-high, insulated against ground steel framework masts as a transmitting antenna, on the earlier of the station Atlantic 252 was radiated.

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• Location in Ireland
• County Meath