SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. As well as fishing, canoeing on the Boyne is popular. There is horse-riding at many top-class equestrian centres nearby and racing at Navan and Fairyhouse.    Townley Hall 18 hole golf course is within 7 km and several others lie within easy driving distance. Less serious golfers are catered for at Stackallen pitch-and-putt course, 5 km away, where tennis is also available. You can join in Slane’s celebration of its traditional culture and music each year in May and July or see the paschal fire lit on the Hill of Slane at Easter. There is music in the local bars throughout the year. A good local taxi service will ferry those who would like to sample the nightclubs in Trim, Navan or Drogheda, all within 15minutes drive. An amazing variety of festivals and celebrations takes place annually in County Meath, and there are gardens, castles, stately homes, archaeological sites and battlefields to visit.