Editing Slane (section)

===Slane Castle===
[[File:Slane Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1658887.jpg|thumb|right|Slane Castle.]]
[[Slane Castle]] stands on the river about {{convert|1|km|sigfig=1}} upstream from the centre of the village. There is an ancient [[Water well|well]] in the grounds of the castle near the river. In [[Irish mythology]] (specifically the account found in the [[Cath Maige Tuired|Cath Maigh Tuireadh]]), the well was blessed by [[Dian Cecht]] so that the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]] could bathe in it and be healed, allegedly, healing all wounds but decapitation.<ref name="CMT">''[[Cath Maige Tuireadh]]''. [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/cmt/cmteng.htm Elizabeth A. Gray (trans.)]</ref> However upon the arrival of [[Christianity in Ireland]], and the policy of [[Interpretatio Christiana|Christian reinterpretation]] for pagan sites, the well is now known as ''[[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Our lady's]] well''. [[Legion of Mary]]–led pilgrimages to the site are hosted every August.

The castle grounds have been the site of [[Slane Concert|large rock concerts]] since 1981.

Also within the grounds of Slane Castle ([[demesne]]) are the ruins of [[St. Erc's Hermitage]]. This consists of a late 15 to 16th century [[chapel]], an earlier dwelling,<ref name="Trench" /> a stone arched footbridge over a stream/[[tributary]] that feeds into the Boyne and the stone quarry face from where the materials for construction were taken. Local folklore has it that during the 19th-century move of the ''apostle's stone'', a stone carving of the crucifixion of Christ, which was taken from this chapel to be placed in the modern church in the village, the 200&nbsp;kg stone carving was to mysteriously find its way back to the Hermitage in the still dead of night. A portion of a [[celtic cross]] carving, that was also initially part of St. Erc's Hermitage is now housed in an Iron frame beside the altar within Saint Patrick's Church on Chapel street. A catholic church was built c.1805.<ref>[http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14315004 Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Chapel Street, Slane, County Meath]</ref> Not to be confused with the similarly named Saint Patrick's [[Church of Ireland]], on main street, built 1797 "[[Roman numerals|M.DCC.XCVII.]]"<ref>[http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14315027 Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Church, Main Street Lower, Slane, County Meath]</ref>

In 2009 "Slane Castle Whiskey", began to be bottled and labelled, a [[blended whiskey]], it was created by Noel Sweeney and made at the [[Cooley Distillery|Cooley mountain distillery]] outside [[Dundalk]].<ref>[http://www.whiskyintelligence.com/2013/03/slane-castle-distillery-goes-ahead-new-irish-distillery-to-be-built-irish-whiskey-news/ Slane Castle Distillery Goes Ahead – New Irish Distillery To Be Built -Irish Whiskey News]</ref><ref name="Slane Castle Distillery">[http://www.whisky-distillery.net/www.whisky-distilleries.net/Ireland_R-Z/Seiten/Slane_Castle.html#18 Slane Castle Distillery]</ref>

Following a change in ownership, the Cooley distillery ceased further collaboration.<ref name="Slane Castle Distillery"/> Resulting in the financing and construction by [[Brown Forman]] of  "Slane Castle Distillery", completed in 2017, it is owned and operated by Henry and Alex Conyngham.<ref>[https://www.boynevalleytours.com/boyne-valley-whiskey.htm Boyne Valley Whiskey Tours – Coming Soon]</ref><ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/jack-daniel-s-firm-to-build-44m-distillery-at-slane-castle-1.2235658 Jack Daniel’s firm to build €44m distillery at Slane Castle]</ref> The whiskey that is intended to be produced in the distillery, carries the label, "SLANE Irish Whiskey", with the placename of "Slane", since 2018, now a registered trademark, controversially held by the owner of "Slane Castle Irish Whiskey Limited".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180808112625/https://www.slaneirishwhiskey.com/ ''"SLANE and SLANE CASTLE are trademarks of Slane Castle. ©2018 Slane Castle Irish Whiskey Limited."'']</ref><ref name="thetrademarkninja.com">[http://www.thetrademarkninja.com/2017/01/07/slane-trademark/ Trade Mark investigation into "Slane"]</ref>