Longwood, County Meath
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| Longwood Maigh Dearmhaí |
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| Irish Grid Reference N710455 |
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| Province: | Leinster | |
| County: | Meath | |
| Elevation: | 70 m | |
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Longwood (Irish: Maigh Dearmhaí) is a village in South West Co. Meath Ireland. It is located about 15 km south of the town of Trim. It is about 50km from the Irish capital city Dublin, off the N4 road to west of Ireland. One of its main characteristics is a wide Main Street. Longwood has a primary and second level school, an old fair green which is located beside its primary school. In close proximity to the village is the river Blackwater and a little bit further away is the River Boyne and the Royal Canal. The Boyne aquaduct, built in the 19 century where the canal rises above the river Boyne is located about 3 km from the village. The village has 3 Grocery stores, a post office and 4 Public houses. These are Johnny Dargans, Stoneys, PJ Dargans (known as 'Mickies') and a bar in the GAA club. Recently a national newspaper, the Sunday World in its regular'Pub Spy' section ran a story on PJ Dargans, which criticised the lack of moderinisation of this Public house, but regular customers quiet like the atmosphere in the place and hope if any changes are made that this will not be lost. In recent years the GAA Club has upgraded their facilities, which now include the Bar, function room and a floodlit pitch. The man most responsible for this has been George Stagg. Also in Longwood there is an antique store, a butchers shop, a garage & a motor bike spare parts shop. Well known Longwood people have included Eamonn Duggan, part of the Irish delegation who signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921 & Minister for Home Affairs in the Provisional government formed after the Treaty, long time Meath TD Captain Pat Giles & Rev. John Kyne, former Bishop of Meath. The Edgeworth family were Landlords in Longwood prior to moving to a village in County Longford. Subsequently this village has become known as Edgeworthstown. Members of the well known Swift family are buried in near by Castlerickard grave yard. In the early years of the 21'st century the population of Longwood increased dramatically, and around the village are many new housing estates. In the coming years new commercial developments are expected.
[edit] External links
- [1] Longwood GAA
