Edgeworthstown

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Town in County Longford, Ireland

title: "Edgeworthstown" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["edgeworthstown", "towns-and-villages-in-county-longford", "townlands-of-county-longford", "planned-communities-in-the-republic-of-ireland"] description: "Town in County Longford, Ireland" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgeworthstown" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in County Longford, Ireland ::

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|name = Edgeworthstown |other_name = Mostrim |native_name = Meathas Troim |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = 800px-IMG Edgeworthstown5469.jpg |image_caption = Edgeworthstown's main street |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |coordinates = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name1 = Leinster |subdivision_name3 = County Longford |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 82 |population_total = 2,199 |population_as_of = 2022 |population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = auto |website = |footnotes = |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info = | area_code_type = Telephone area code | area_code = +353(0)43 | postal_code_type =Eircode routing key | postal_code =N39 |timezone = WET |utc_offset = ±0 |timezone_DST = IST |utc_offset_DST = +1 Edgeworthstown or Mostrim () is a small town in County Longford, Ireland. The town is in the east of the county, near the border with County Westmeath. Nearby towns are Longford 12 km to the west, Mullingar 26 km to the east, Athlone 40 km to the south and Cavan 42 km to the north. The N4 and N55 roads meet in the town. The town is in the townland of Edgeworthstown and in the civil parish of Mostrim.

Name

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The area was named Edgeworthstown in the 19th century after the Anglo-Irish Edgeworth family. An estate was built there by Richard Lovell Edgeworth. His family—which includes Honora Sneyd (his second wife), writer and intellectual Maria Edgeworth, botanist Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, economist Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, and priest Henry Essex Edgeworth—lived at the estate.

The area's original name was the Irish Meathas Troim or Meathas Truim. However, in 1974, a local government order reverted the name to Edgeworthstown. Today, both names are in use.

Infrastructure

The town is located where the N4 Dublin-Sligo/ N5 Dublin-Castlebar road crosses the N55 Cavan-Athlone road. The town also has a railway station on the Dublin–Sligo railway line. Edgeworthstown railway station opened on 8 November 1855. Edgeworthstown expanded significantly during the first decade of the 21st century with many new housing developments and updated transport infrastructure including a bypass. The N4 National primary route formerly ran along the Main Street until the town centre was bypassed in mid-2006. The N55 route from Athlone to Cavan still passes through the town centre.

Industry

Industries include animal feed processing and pet food manufacturing, with Paul & Vincent Limited and C & D Foods Limited employing several hundred people in the area. The latter, C & D Foods Limited, reopened a pet food plant in 2014 following an earlier fire.

Sport

The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is named Mostrim, while the minor section of the club is called Wolfe Tones GAA. The club has won three Longford Senior Football Championships, in 1974, 1985 and 1992. In Gaelic football, Mostrim won an u-21 championship 2002 and the Wolfe Tones minor team won Minor A Championships in 2002 and in 2006. In hurling, Wolfe Tones has won a record 19 Longford Senior Hurling Championship titles. Hugh Devine Park is the home pitch for both Mostrim and Wolfe Tones.

A local soccer club, Mostrim United, has played in the Longford & District Schoolboy/girl League.

People

References

References

  1. "Census Mapping - Towns: Edgeworthstown - Population Snapshot". [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]].
  2. A. D. Mills, 2003, ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names'', Oxford University Press
  3. "Meathas Troim / Edgeworthstown". Irish Placenames Commission.
  4. (29 August 1935). "Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford renamed Mostrim". The Belfast Weekly News.
  5. (31 May 1974). "S.I. No. 166/1974 — Local Government (Change of Name of Non-Municipal Town) Order, 1974". Irish Statute Book.
  6. "Edgeworthstown station". Railscot - Irish Railways.
  7. O'Brien, Tim. (5 June 2006). "3km bypass in Longford completed after year". Irish Times.
  8. (7 November 2014). "Press Release - C&D Foods open state of the art facility at Edgeworthstown". Enterprise Ireland.
  9. "Longford Club Championships - Club Titles". Longford GAA.
  10. "Directory - Sports - Mostrim GAA Club". edgeworthstownparish.ie.
  11. "Longford & District Schoolboy/girl Soccer League - Mostrim United". leaguerepublic.com.
  12. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  13. "Maria Edgeworth: Anglo-Irish author".
  14. Bowley, Arthur L.. (1934). "Francis Ysidro Edgeworth". Econometrica.
  15. J. A. M.. (March 1887). "Father Bernard A. Maguire: A Sketch". [[Woodstock Letters]].
  16. (4 April 1917). "Obituary". Munster News.

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