Loughnavalley
Village
Fox's bar and grocery shop, Louaghnavalley
Fox's bar and grocery shop, Louaghnavalley
Loughnavalley is located in Ireland
Loughnavalley
Loughnavalley
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°29′10″N 7°31′35″W / 53.4860°N 7.5265°W / 53.4860; -7.5265
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Westmeath
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Louaghnavalley or Loughnavally (Irish: Lochán an Bhealaigh)[1] is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located at the crossroads of the R389 and the R390, to the west of Mullingar.[2][3]

The Hill of Uisneach stands to the west of the town, near the village of Killare.[4]

The village contains a Roman Catholic church, the Church of the Assumption, a national school and a bar.

Sport

Loughnavalley GAA is a Gaelic football club that competes at Junior grade.[5] The club was established in 1964 and its grounds are situated 2 km from the Hill of Uisneach. The club's underage teams are amalgamated with Castletown Geoghegan to form Lilliput Gaels.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lochán an Bhealaigh / Loughanavally". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ Parliament, Great Britain (1892). The Parliamentary Debates. R. Bagshaw.
  3. ^ Dáil, Ireland Oireachtas (1929). Parliamentary debates; official report.
  4. ^ "Loughnavalley, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath". Find Latitude and Longitude. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ https://www.loughnavalleygaa.ie[bare URL]


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