| Edgeworthstown Meathas Troim |
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| Irish grid reference N256719 |
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| Province: | Leinster | |
| County: | County Longford | |
| Elevation: | 82 m | |
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Population (2006) |
245 1288 [1] |
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Edgeworthstown or Mostrim (Irish: Meathas Troim, meaning "frontier of the elder tree"[2]) is a market town in County Longford, Ireland. The name is derived from the Edgeworth Family (which includes novelist Maria Edgeworth) who have a long association with the town as the family estate of Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont was nearby.
The town has a railway station on the Dublin–Sligo railway line. Edgeworthstown railway station opened on 8 November 1855.[3]
Industries include animal feed processing and pet food manufacturing.
In 2006, the town's biggest employer, C&D Foods limited, was damaged by fire and over half of the factory was destroyed. Production was planned to increase again in 2009.
Edgeworthstown has expanded significantly the early 2000s with many new housing developments and updated transport infrastructure including a bypass. The N4 National primary route formerly ran along the Main Street, but the town centre was by-passed in July 2006. The N55 route from Athlone to Cavan still passes through the town centre.
Sport
- The local G.A.A. club is named "Wolfe Tones" and has won a record 18 County titles.
See also
References
- ^ "CSO data". http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportID=73896.
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
- ^ "Edgeworthstown station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
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