Longwood · Co. Meath
Love Life in Longwood.
Schools, the GAA, the canal harbour, a pint and a chat. Village life is already in full swing here, and Brackinrainey simply adds new front doors to it.
Longwood Harbour, gateway to the Royal Canal Greenway
The village
The village does the everyday brilliantly.
SPAR and Daybreak handle the daily shop, the kind you do on foot in ten minutes. The Front Room at Stoney's does coffee, scones and a Saturday breakfast that becomes a habit. Pints at PJ Dargan's, and at the other village pubs depending on the company. A health centre in the village with a GP and pharmacy together.
Both schools sit inside the village, about 760 metres from your front door — the school run is a school stroll.
The canal
Longwood Harbour is five minutes' walk from your front door.
Step onto the Royal Canal Greenway and you can walk or cycle the towpath without a single road crossing: Enfield, Maynooth, all the way into Dublin. Locals walk it before work; families do it together on Sundays. The stretch east of the harbour is one of the prettiest miles in the county.
Sport
Longwood GAA is the social spine of the village.
Under-6 to senior, men's and women's, with a thriving juvenile section. Longwood AFC runs underage and adult soccer leagues. A gym in the village for the everyday. Three 18-hole championship golf courses within a short drive: County Meath, Rathcore and Moyvalley.
The neighbours
Longwood does the day-to-day. The neighbours do the rest.
Enfield
10 minutes east
Your train station. Regular weekday services to Connolly and Docklands. Aldi for the weekly shop, SuperValu for the bigger one. Pharmacies, schools, restaurants, and the M4 motorway two minutes from the station forecourt.
Trim
15 minutes north
The market town. Aldi, Lidl, SuperValu and Dunnes for your bigger shop. Two hotels (Knightsbrook, Trim Castle Hotel) for visiting family. Restaurants along Castle Street and the river. And Trim Castle, Ireland's largest Anglo-Norman fortress, sitting at the centre of the town: your kids' Sunday-afternoon castle.
Maynooth
25 minutes south
University, train, shopping centre, restaurants. The south-Meath / north-Kildare big-shop and big-night-out destination.
Dublin
50 minutes by train
Close enough to do it. Far enough you don't have to.
On the doorstep
Trim Castle, the Hill of Tara, Bective Abbey.
Ireland's largest Anglo-Norman fortress is fifteen minutes up the road. The oldest settled landscape in the country is your weekend.
Getting around
Close to everything that matters.
Most days, you won't need the car at all: school, the shop, training, a walk on the Greenway, all on foot. And when you do head further, the motorway and the train are minutes away.
By road
- M4 motorway8 minutes
- Trim15 km north
- Enfield10 km east
- Dublin city centre50 km
By rail
- Enfield station10 min · 8 km
- Kilcock station20 min · 18 km
- Maynooth station25 min · 26 km
- M3 Parkway30 min · 35 km
- Dublin Connolly50 min by train
Regular services to Dublin Connolly, Docklands, the Midlands and the West.
By bus
- Bus Éireann 115Direct daily service to Dublin (Heuston / Bachelors Walk)
- TFI Local LinkConnections to Enfield, Trim and Navan
Education
School is a short walk, not a drive.
Imagine it: the kids walking to school with their friends, primary and secondary both inside the village. No traffic, no drop-off queue, just a few minutes down the road and home again for tea.
Early years
- Longwood Preschool
- The Children's House Montessori, Enfield
Primary
- St. Nicholas' Primary School, a short walk from your front door
- St. Mary's Primary School, Trim
- Trim Educate Together NS
- St. Mary's Primary School, Enfield
Secondary
- Coláiste Clavin, Longwood, a few minutes on foot
- Boyne Community School, Trim
- Scoil Mhuire, Trim
- Enfield Community College
Third level
- Maynooth University
- Dunboyne College of Further Education
The area
Everything within reach.
Saturday morning on the Greenway, a match at the GAA pitch, lunch in Trim under the castle walls, the big shop ten minutes away. Life here isn't about what's missing. It's all within reach.
Come and walk the village.
The best way to understand Longwood is to stand in it. Register your interest and come and walk the village — the showhouse is now open.
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