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The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 provided the framework for the establishment of County Councils throughout Ireland. The first meeting of Westmeath County Council was held on 22 April 1899. [9] Westmeath's population growth has been stronger than the national average. [10] After the Great Famine, the population of Westmeath declined ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Town in County Westmeath, Ireland This article is about the town in Ireland. For other uses, see Mullingar (disambiguation). Town in Leinster, Ireland Mullingar An Muileann gCearr Town Market Square Dominick Street Mullingar Cathedral Town Park Coat of arms Mullingar Location in Ireland ...
List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland; By county: ... Pages in category "Towns and villages in County Westmeath" ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
Westmeath County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae na hIarmhí) is the local authority of County Westmeath, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The ...
Ireland portal; This is a sortable table of the approximately 1,376 townlands in County Westmeath, Ireland. [1] [2] Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns, and the word Town appears for those entries in the Acres column. Map of Baronies of County ...
An Act for the division of Meath into two shires (referred to in the modern Irish Statute Book as the Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543) (34 Hen.8. c. 1 (I)) was an act of the Parliament of Ireland passed in 1542 which resulted in the division of County Meath, shired in 1297, into the counties of Meath and Westmeath.
Mullaghmeen (Irish: Mullach Mín, meaning 'smooth summit'), [2] at 258 metres (846 ft), is the county top for Westmeath in Ireland, and is the lowest county top in Ireland. [1] [3] Mullaghmeen is located in the Mullaghmeen Forest, known for having the largest planted beech forest in Europe.
County Westmeath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union in 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800, it was succeeded by the Westminter constituency of County Westmeath.