Kinnegad
Irish: Cionn Átha Gad | |
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Town | |
![]() Kinnegad Main Street, the former N4 | |
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]
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