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The name for Westmeath (Holiday Cottages, Westmeath, Ireland) comes from the Gaelic an Lar Mhi, meaning West of Meath. Westmeath was once part of the territory of the Kingdom of Meath, but was declared seperate in 1542.

One of Westmeaths premier towns, Athlone, is considered to be the Heart of Ireland. It is here that the Irish High Kings were enthroned 2 centuries before the coming of St. Patrick to Ireland. The Anglo-Normans established themselves in Westmeath in approximately 1170. Many of their fortifications can still be viewed today.

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under History. Tags: castlepollard, gaelic an lar mhi, History, kilbeggan, moate, mullingar, Westmeath. Comments: None

Tullynally Castle - Castlepollard Co. Westmeath

Tullynally Castle

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Tullynally Castle is set in beautiful parkland and woods adjoining Lough Derravaragh, it is now probably the largest castle in Ireland still lived in as the family home.

The room include a number of attractive early nineteenth-century drawings of the castle, a collection of old weapons, family portraits and an Irish elk’s head dug up out of a bog - once a familiar feature of Irish country house halls. One of the most fascinating features of Tullynally Castle is surely the rooms below stairs. Visitors can tour the splendid kitchen with its great ovens, a great pestle and mortar, an early ice chest and a dresser with gleaming brassware.

Tullynally Castle Ireland