Loughnavalley | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°29′10″N 7°31′35″W / 53.4860°N 7.5265°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Westmeath |
Time zone | UTC+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.
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]