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County Westmeath's population fell in the century following the Great Famine, with many leaving for better opportunities in America. [11] The largest town in the county is Athlone, followed by Mullingar. Westmeath is the largest county by population in the Irish Midlands.
Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath: Demographic statistics by NUTS 3 region. Region Population [4] Area (km 2) Population density % of population Border 417,260: ...
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Athlone (/ æ θ ˈ l oʊ n /; Irish: Baile Átha Luain, meaning 'The town of Luan's ford' [ˌbʲlʲɑː ˈl̪ˠuənʲ]) [2] is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree .
Mullingar (/ ˌ m ʌ l ɪ n ˈ ɡ ɑːr / [7] mul-in-GAR; Irish: An Muileann gCearr, meaning 'the left-hand mill' [ən̪ˠ ˌmˠɪlʲən̪ˠ ˈɟɑːɾˠ]) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, with a population of 22,667 in the 2022 census. [1]
Meath is the 14th-largest of Ireland's 32 traditional counties by land area, and the 8th-most populous, with a total population of 220,826 according to the 2022 census. [2] The county town and largest settlement in Meath is Navan , located in the centre of the county along the River Boyne.
Dysart (Irish: An Díseart, meaning 'hermitage') [1] is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 8.5 km (5 mi) south‑west of Mullingar. Dysart is one of 3 civil parishes in the barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon in the province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 7,424.7 acres (30.047 km 2).
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 Westmeath