Longford Megabowl

Bumper lanes on the Athlone Road

On the Athlone Road, a short drive out of Longford town centre, Megabowl combines eight lanes with an indoor children's playground, laser tag, pool and arcades. The play area, with slides, rope bridges, bouncy castles, a ball pool and crawl tubes, keeps shorter hours than the lanes and closes at 18:00 every day.

Automatic bumpers mean even small children knock down pins and get a score on the board, and each lane takes a maximum of six bowlers. Lanes are sold in half-hour and one-hour blocks rather than by the game, and there is a lower rate for special-needs bookings. Under-16s must be accompanied and supervised by an adult throughout, so this works best as a family or group outing rather than a drop-off.