Woodlawn, historically known as Mota and Moote[1] (Irish: Móta/Móta Gráinne Óige, meaning "moat of young grain"), is a village in County Galway, Ireland, on the R359 regional road between the main road and rail networks which traverse east-west, 10 miles from Ballinasloe and approximately 30 miles from Galway City. The name Woodlawn applies to a wide area, of which Woodlawn railway station, Post Office and the Church of Ireland parish church are the central points. The landscape is a blend of woodland, bog and pasture, which give a varied texture to the area.
The Church of Ireland parish of Woodlawn is in the Diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Clonfert.
Woodlawn House, about 12 miles North-West of Ballinasloe, is the former seat of the Trench family, see Baron Ashtown. This large Italianate building was built in the late 18th Century by Frederic Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown and extended and remodelled in the mid-19th Century, following the marriage of Frederic Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown to his second wife, Elizabeth Oliver Gascoigne of Castle Oliver, Limerick. The building fell into ruin in the 1970s but has recently changed hands and will hopefully be restored.
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