| County Wesmeath |
| Mullingar |
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Mullingar - Wesmeath village
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Mullingar - field
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| MULLINGAR
is a nice market town easily accessible from Dublin. |
Accommodation_Westmeath
The Midlands-East
Tourism office (call 48650 for information or visit
www.ecoast-midlands.travel.ie) is located at the corner of Mount and
Pearse Sts and has the following opening times: 9am-6pm Monday to
Friday and 10am-1pm / 2-6pm Saturday and Sunday (June to September)
9.30am-1pm and 2-5.30pm Monday to Friday (October to May)
Sightseeing and Visiting [Voir et visiter]
Pewterware is typical in Mullingar and if you want to see an artisan at
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visit the Mullingar Bronze & Pewter Visitor Centre
(call 44948 for information).
The Cathedral of Christ the King is quite recent as it was built just
before WWII.
In summer, the Mullingar Festival (call 44044 for information) ends up
with the election of the queen and the bachelor of the festival.
A few pubs to mention for a drink:
Canton Casey’s on Pearse St
Danny Byrne’s also on Pearse St
AROUND MULLINGAR Overlooking Lough Ennell, you will have nice views
from Belvedere House & Gardens (call 49060 for information). The
house was built in the mid-18th century. Although not a huge property,
the house and gardens are well worth a visit, and so is the visitor
centre.
You could also take a tour around Locke’s Distillery (call 0506-32134
for information) which still has a working mill wheel. Also to be
mentioned are the small village of Crookewood and the Gothic-styled
Tullynally Castle Gardens. The Fore Valley lies in the northeast of the
county by Lough Lene, where a monastery was founded in AD 630. Although
there is nothing [visible] left from these early Christian sites,
legend has it that seven wonders happened in the area. First wonder
would be St Fechin’s Church, which could be the site of the original
monastery. Second wonder is the small anchorite cell, the cell of a
hermit which key is kept at the Seven Wonders pub in the village. Third
wonder: the ruins of a Benedictine priory of the 13th century which
quite resembles a castle as it was turned a fortification afterwards.
Wonder four would be a mill without a race, and wonder five: water that
flows uphill. Finally two wonders are left, which are water that will
not boil and a tree with only three branches that will not burn. |
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