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{{Short description|Townland in Moydrum, County Westmeath, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=March 2021}}
[[File:Moydrum Castle back view a.JPG|thumb|[[Moydrum Castle]] lies within Moydrum townland near Athlone]]
'''Moydrum''' is a [[townland]] near [[Athlone]], [[County Westmeath]], Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moydrum Townland, Co. Westmeath |url=https://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/brawny/st-marys/moydrum/moydrum2/ |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=www.townlands.ie |archive-date=9 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609172116/https://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/brawny/st-marys/moydrum/moydrum2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The townland is in the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parishs]] of [[St. Mary's, Athlone (civil parish)|St. Mary's]] and [[Ballyloughloe]] (Clonlonan).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maigh Droma/Moydrum |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/50965 |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=Logainm.ie |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609172428/https://www.logainm.ie/en/50965 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The townland stands to the east of the town. The [[Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway]] cuts through the centre of the area. The townland is bordered by [[Blyry Lower]], [[Blyry Upper]], [[Creggan Lower, Westmeath|Creggan Lower]], and [[Garrycastle, St. Mary's|Garrycastle]] to the west, Annaghgortagh and Tullycross to the north, [[Crosswood]] and [[Creggan Upper, Westmeath|Creggan Upper]] to the south and Carn Park to the east.
Moydrum also lends its name to an [[Electoral division (Ireland)|electoral division]] which covers the area to the north of Athlone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moydrum |url=https://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/moydrum/ |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=www.townlands.ie |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608123116/https://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/moydrum/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Moydrum Castle ==
{{Main article|Moydrum Castle}}
[[Moydrum Castle]], a ruined 19th century castle, is in the east of the townland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hannon |first=Ed |date=26 June 2013 |title=Moydrum Castle, Westmeath, Ireland |url=https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2013/06/26/moydrum-castle-co-westmeath/ |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=Visions Of The Past |language=en-US |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229144708/https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2013/06/26/moydrum-castle-co-westmeath/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was burned down by the IRA during the Irish independence war, as a reprisal after the [[Black and Tans]] burned down several farms in the area.
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