Longwood, historically called Moydervy (Irish: Maigh Dearmhaí),[2] is a village in southwest County Meath, Ireland.

Longwood is recorded as a possession of the Hospital of Crutched Friars of St. John the Baptist, at Newtown Trim, at the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540.

[citation needed] Only the fairs at Athboy, Duleek, Ballyboggan, Kells, Navan, Trim and Ratoath are older, some eighteen in Meath are later in date of grant.

Edward married Eleanor Loftus, the granddaughter of Sir James Ware, auditor-general of Ireland and famous historian.

[citation needed] The OS 1st edition map, 1837, depicts a number of houses around the triangular green, the majority on the west and south sides without garden plots to the rear.

This suggests a number of cabins, a fact confirmed by the large amount of 4th class housing recorded at Longwood in 1843.

Sixty-nine percent of the housing at Longwood consisted of conglomerations of mud cabins inhabited by agricultural and rural labourers.

Raised quoins either in limestone or painted stucco are a feature of several other substantial two-storey hipped-roofed houses in the village.

Longwood GAA club [5] was founded in 1904 and recently upgraded their facilities, which now include the bar, function room and a floodlit pitch.

In July 2008 Meath County Council placed road markings in Longwood which included designated car parking spots.