Miscellaneous Information
Dunboyne was the backdrop for the fictional village of Leestown in the very successful television series of the 1970s called The Riordans. More recently certain elements of the local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) clubs and country houses were used in a recent RTÉ GAA related drama series. And also a partial amount of footage of 'Ear to the Ground' this was filmed in 2006. The footage was shot in the Local GAA grounds on the Rooske Rd. The show is now finished.
In Stockholm, Sweden there is an unusual youth hostel; it is a ship called af Chapman. Named Dunboyne by her original Dublin owners, Charles E. Martin & Co., she participated in trade with Australia in her early years. Sold to Norway in 1909, the Dunboyne was renamed the G.D. Kennedy in July 1915 when she was bought by the Swedish shipping company Transatlantic who sold her to the Swedish government in 1924, when it was renamed af Chapman. She has been operating as a youth hostel since 1949.
In the 2009 local elections, Cllr Maria Murphy and Cllr Noel Leonard were both elected and are currently on the Meath County Council, both currently live in Dunboyne. The 2009 election was one of the few which saw two candidates from Dunboyne being elected to the council.
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