Mosney

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Mosney, in County Meath, Ireland, is situated approximately 30 miles / 48 kilometres from Dublin; it has an unstaffed station on the Dublin-Dundalk railway line.

Mosney is probably best-known as the site of a Butlins holiday camp in the second half of the 20th century and as the site for the National Finals of the Community Games. By the early 21st-century, this had been converted into an accommodation centre for asylum-seekers, earning the nickname "Mosnia".

Mosney does not have a settled town population or the usual services associated with a town or village. In effect, Mosney is a large accommodation centre with its own catering and health services.

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• Leaflet on Mosney Accommodation Centre by the Refugee and Integration Agency of the Irish government
• Sex and drugs for sale at Mosney by Jimmy Guerin, Sunday Independent, 8 February 2004 (registration required)