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Nature Attractions In County Westmeath

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County Westmeath is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Midlands Region. It originally formed part of the historic Kingdom of Meath . It was named Mide because the kingdom was located in the geographical centre of Ireland . Westmeath County Council is the administrative body for the county, and the county town is Mullingar. The population of the county is 88,770.
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Nature Attractions In County Westmeath

  • 1. Belvedere House Gardens & Park Mullingar
    Belvedere House and Gardens is a country house located approximately 8 kilometres from Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland on the north-east shore of Lough Ennell. It was built in 1740 as a hunting lodge for Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere by architect Richard Cassels, one of Ireland's foremost Palladian architects. Belvedere House, although not very large, is architecturally significant because of its Diocletian windows and dramatic nineteenth-century terracing. When Robert Rochfort decided to use Belvedere as his principal residence, he employed Barthelemij Cramillion who was a French Stuccadore, to execute the Rococo plasterwork ceilings which are among the most exquisite in the country. The landscaped demesne boasts the largest and most spectacular folly in the country, The J...
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  • 2. Royal Canal Way Mullingar
    The Royal Canal is a canal originally built for freight and passenger transportation from the River Liffey in Dublin to Longford in Ireland. The canal fell into disrepair in the late 20th century, but much of the canal has since been restored for navigation. The length of the canal to the River Shannon was reopened on 1 October 2010, but the final spur branch of the canal to Longford Town remains closed.
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  • 3. Athlone Equestrian Centre Athlone
    Athlone Community College is a mixed gender school in the town of Athlone in the Irish Midlands. Athlone Community College consists of a student body of over 1,000 students and employs more than 90 teachers.
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  • 7. Mullaghmeen Forest County Westmeath
    Mullaghmeen Hill, , in County Westmeath, Ireland.
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  • 8. Burren National Park Corofin
    The Burren is a region of environmental interest primarily located in northwestern County Clare, Ireland, dominated by glaciated karst landscape. It measures, depending on the definition, between 250 square kilometres and 560 square kilometres . The name is most often applied to the area within the circle made by the villages of Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora, Lisdoonvarna, and Ballyvaughan, and Kinvara in extreme south-eastern Galway, including the adjacent coastline..A part of the Burren forms the Burren National Park, the smallest of the six National Parks in Ireland, while the full Burren and adjacent territory including the Cliffs of Moher are included in the Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark.
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  • 9. Castlecomer Discovery Park Castlecomer
    Castlecomer is a town in the north of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The town was associated with the coal mining industry since the 17th century. At the 2011 census, the Central Statistics Office recorded that the 30.5 square kilometers of the Castlecomer Electoral District had a population was 2,293, with a population density of 75.2 persons per square kilometer. This was a decrease of 4.5% from the 2006 figure of 2,407 persons. The Castlecomer rural area has a population of 8,484. The town is positioned at the meeting of N78 and R694 roads about 16 km roads north of Kilkenny city. Castlecomer rural area has an area of 23,417 hectares. The town is part of a discrete area called the Castlecomer Plateau. It is bounded on the east by the River Barrow, the west by the River Nore and dissected in ...
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