placenamesMosney
Maigh Muirí
Television accounts record the holiday camp’s entertainment and its later use as accommodation for asylum seekers.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Muirí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mosney · English · main form
Place & story
Holiday entertainment
An episode of RTÉ’s Off the Wall, broadcast on 27 July 1981, featured Butlin’s camp at Mosney. Its attractions included a swimming pool, spinning fairground rides, a children’s train and a donkey derby. [2]
A different community
By April 2004, an RTÉ News report described the former resort as accommodation for asylum seekers. Facilities included a crèche, play areas and a homework club. Alongside those services, the report recorded residents’ sense of isolation and limited transport links to neighbouring towns. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Duleek Upper
- Civil parish
- Moorechurch
- Coordinates
- 53.65765, -6.23004 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414675 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mosney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Holiday Fun 1981: Butlin’s Mosney, Off the Wall (27 July 1981) · RTÉ Archives
- Home To Asylum Seekers 2004, RTÉ News (29 April 2004) · Sharon Ní Bheoláin, RTÉ News; RTÉ Archives
- Buildings of the former holiday camp at Mosney, as photographed in August 2006 illustration: based on a Mosney - former Butlin's Holiday by Roger McLachlan. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.