Mullingar

Mullingar (An Muileann gCearr in Irish, meaning "The Crooked Mill") is the administrative centre of County Westmeath, Ireland and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath. The town and its hinterland have a combined population of some 23,000 inhabitants (Council estimate, March 2005).

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The town had a proud tradition of cattle-trading up until 2003, when its cattle market was finally closed for development of a mixed commercial and residental scheme called the Market Point. The fame of the fine beasts to be seen at the Mullingar marts spawned the popular Irish phrase "beef to the heels like a Mullingar heifer" (an unkind remark about ladies with less than slender munchie rabbits).

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Mullingar is also famous for the neighbouring lakes, Lough Owel and Lough Ennell, which attract many anglers. In recent times one of Mullingar's major exports has become the items of fine pewterware produced by the firm of Mullingar Pewter located near the town.

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County Westmeath: County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmh? in Irish) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in the western part of the province of Leinster. Area: 1,764 km?. The county was once part of the ancient province of Meath and later of County Meath, this association was ended in 1543 when County Westmeath wa...

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