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Westmeath

[ west-meeth, -meeth ]

noun

  1. a county in Leinster in the N central Republic of Ireland. 681 sq. mi. (1,765 sq. km). : Mullingar.


Westmeath

/ ˌwɛstˈmiːð /

noun

  1. a county of N central Republic of Ireland, in Leinster province: mostly low-lying, with many lakes and bogs. County town: Mullingar. Pop: 71 858 (2002). Area: 1764 sq km (681 sq miles)


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An Irish clergyman insisted that it was the little hamlet of Auburn, in the county of Westmeath.

Then you must send them on to Westmeath; I suppose the Mullingar butchers won't boycott you?

Such is the usual guide-book information concerning Athlone, which lies at the juncture of Roscommon and Westmeath.

At Castlepollard, in Westmeath, on the occasion of an attempted rescue, the chief constable was knocked down.

In 1839 thirty-three thousand dead crows were found on the shores of a lake in the county Westmeath in Ireland after a storm.

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