Bective, County Meath

Bective (Irish: Beigthigh;[1] sometimes known as Bective Bridge or Ballina)[2] is a small hamlet and townland in County Meath, Ireland. Bective is situated on the left bank of the River Boyne and on the Clady River which joins the former in the east of the townland, approximately 6 kilometres east of Trim, on the Athboy to Dunshaughlin road.

Bective
Beigthigh
Village
View towards Bective Abbey
View towards Bective Abbey
Bective is located in Ireland
Bective
Bective
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°34′47″N 6°41′50″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Meath
Elevation
53 m (174 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceN862596

Sport

The local Gaelic football club, Bective GFC,[3] have won 3 consecutive senior titles in a row. The club's U15 team plays in division 8, the lowest there is in the county.

Abbey

Bective is home to Bective Abbey, daughter abbey of the better-known Cistercian abbey at Mellifont in County Louth.[4]

Notable people

The village was also home to the writer Mary Lavin, whose family moved there in 1925. Bective formed the setting for her first and most enduring collection of short stories, Tales from Bective Bridge.[5] The Skurlocke (or Sherlock) family were the local landowners in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

See also

References
  1. "Beigthigh / Bective". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. "Ballina or Bective". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. "Bective GFC". bectivegfc.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009.
  4. "Short tourist guide to Bective". meath.ie. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008.
  5. "Short Story Criticism - Mary Lavin". enotes.com. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
Bective church, now an artist's studio


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