Mosney Explained

Mosney
Native Name:Irish: Maigh Muirí
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Meath
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:53.658°N -6.246°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Mosney is a townland[1] and village[2] in County Meath, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Moorechurch 350NaN0 north of Dublin city centre, and 100NaN0 south-east of Drogheda.

It was best known as the site of a Butlin's holiday camp during the second half of the 20th century and as the site for the national finals of the Community Games. By the early 21st century, the holiday camp had been converted into an accommodation centre for asylum-seekers. The village was served by Mosney railway station until 2000.

Early in the 19th century, Mosney was a manor house and part of the estate of the Peppers of Ballygarth Castle. By the mid-20th century, the house was the home of the farm steward of Mosney and was lived in by Johnny Oram whose father had been the previous farm steward.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.logainm.ie/38458.aspx Mosney (townland)
  2. http://www.logainm.ie/1414675.aspx Mosney (population centre)