Crookedwood

Crookedwood Tigh Munna
—  Town  —
Crookedwood Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°37′48″N 7°17′00″W / 53.63000°N 7.28333°W / 53.63000; -7.28333Coordinates: 53°37′48″N 7°17′00″W / 53.63000°N 7.28333°W / 53.63000; -7.28333
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Westmeath
Elevation	118 m (387 ft)
Population (2006)
- Urban	326
- Rural	355
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	N465616
Website	westmeathcoco.ie

Crookedwood is a small village in County Westmeath on the R394 regional road.

Overlooked by the dominating hill of Knockeyon to the north, the village rests between the pine-covered hills as they roll down towards Lough Derravaragh, and located about 8 km north of Mullingar, at the south-eastern tip of the Lough.

Similar to Lough Lene, in Collinstown, the nearby Lough Derravaragh fishing interests are also promoted by the Crookedwood community to the European and occasional American tourist.

Historically it was called Taghmon (Irish: Tigh Munna), after the townland it occupies.^[1]

Sport

The local hurling club, Crookedwood G.A.A, play in the intermediate division of the Westmeath hurling championship.

References

1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

External links

• Crookedwood GAA Website