We started off by picking up the litter, together with cutting back all the overgrown briar's' and trees. We then we entered the Pride of Place Competition, which is run by Meath Co. and we won two prizes that year. We set about identifying areas in Julianstown which needed attention and planted up flower beds around the village. Our biggest project is the community garden which covers 3 acres a
nd was designed by Clare McEnaney. It takes a lot of work but its worth it to see the village looking so well. Julianstown is significant in that it contains a bridge across the river Nanny on the road between Dublin and Belfast. One of the earliest mentions of Julianstown commemorates the Battle of Julianstown in 1641, which took place near the bridge. Indeed there is a commemorative plaque on the bridge erected by Billy Butlin in the 1960s
Julianstown was the seat of the Moore family who lived in Julianstown house and occupied the land that now contains the townland of Julianstown West. Taylor and Skinner’s 1783 Road Map of Ireland refers to the Moore seat and also shows the Church of Ireland Church which still stands today. There is little evidence of any other inhabitation at that time. Taylor and Skinner also show the milestone in the centre of the village marking 20 Irish miles to Dublin. This milestone can still be seen today. There is further mention of William Moore in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837).
