Edgeworthstown
Meathas Troim Mostrim | |
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Town | |
 Edgeworthstown's main street | |
  Edgeworthstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°41′48″N 7°36′35″W / 53.696555°N 7.609696°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Longford |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population | 2,199 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | N39 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)43 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N256719 |
Edgeworthstown or Mostrim (Irish: Meathas Troim, meaning 'frontier of the elder tree'[2]) 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.[3]
- ^ "Census Mapping - Towns: Edgeworthstown - Population Snapshot". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
- ^ "Meathas Troim / Edgeworthstown". Irish Placenames Commission. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2018.