Longwood, County Meath
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Longwood Maigh Dearmhaí
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 Longwood
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| Coordinates: 53°27′16″N 6°55′31″W / 53.4545°N 6.9252°WCoordinates: 53°27′16″N 6°55′31″W / 53.4545°N 6.9252°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Meath |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N710455 |
Longwood, historically called Moydervy (Irish: Maigh Dearmhaí), is a village in southwest County Meath, Ireland. It is located about 15 km south of the town of Trim on the R160 regional road. It is about 50 km from Dublin, off the N4 road. In the early years of the 21st century the population of Longwood increased dramatically, and around the village are many new housing estates.
Longwood has a primary and second level school, and an old fair green which is located beside its primary school. 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 which is only opened for designated occasions. In the past a national newspaper, the Sunday World in its 'Pub Spy' section ran a story which criticised the lack of modernisation of PJ Dargans, but regular customers quite like the atmosphere in the place and in the past three years has built some new toilet facilities for its customers.
In recent years the GAA Club has upgraded their facilities, which now include the bar, function room and a floodlit pitch. Also in Longwood there is an antique store, butchers shop, chipper, hair salon, news agents including a new Spar opened up in 2012, Chinese take away, funeral directors, hardware store part of Johnny Daragans Public House, laundrette and a motor bike spare parts shop. There is also a Scout Group in Longwood, the 17th Meath Longwood Scout Group which operates out of the parish hall and caters for children aged from 6 to 15 years of age. There is also a youth club which is located in the local GAA club on Friday nights that caters for children that are in the first year to sixth years of secondary school.
One of its main characteristics is a wide main street. In July 2008 Meath County Council placed road markings in Longwood which included designated car parking spots. This has radically changed the character of the main street from haphazard style parking to more urban street style parking. In close proximity to the village is the River Blackwater and a little further away is the River Boyne and the Royal Canal.
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