Qualla: County Westmeath https://qualla.com/county-westmeath en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: County Westmeath https://qualla.com/county-westmeath County Westmeath: Introduction https://qualla.com/county-westmeath/ Westmeath is the western half of the old Kingdom of Mide - the word means 'middle' in Irish, and the kingdom got its name because it was the geographical centre of the island. The Hill of Uisneach in the barony of Moycashel was the traditional notional centre, the place where, by ancient Irish symbolic geography, the five provinces of Ireland met. The actual geographical centre of Ireland, by modern calculation, lies just over the border in County Roscommon, but only by a few kilometres. The highest point in Westmeath is the summit of Mullaghmeen, at just 258 metres - making it the lowest county top of any of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. This is a county of lakes, low hills, lush horse pasture, and one hundred thousand or so people - the largest county by population in the Irish midlands.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/d/8/county-westmeath-wp/gcd8-county-westmeath-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full County Westmeath: Mide and the Pakenhams https://qualla.com/county-westmeath/ The historic Kingdom of Mide was one of the great political units of medieval Ireland, ruled by the southern Ui Neill from royal sites including the Hill of Tara (just over the border in modern Meath) and Lough Ennell. Mael Sechnaill II - a Westmeath native - was both King of Mid...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/d/8/county-westmeath-wp/gcd8-county-westmeath-mide-and-the-pakenhams.mp3 0:06 2 full County Westmeath: Six Lakes and a Royal Canal https://qualla.com/county-westmeath/ Westmeath is a lake county. Lough Derravaragh in the north - long, narrow, and ringed with reed beds - is the traditional setting of the great Irish legend of the Children of Lir, who were turned into swans by their stepmother and spent three hundred years on its waters. Lough En...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/d/8/county-westmeath-wp/gcd8-county-westmeath-beef-whiskey-and-horses.mp3 0:06 4 full County Westmeath: Joe Dolan and Niall Horan https://qualla.com/county-westmeath/ Westmeath has a distinctive showband and pop music heritage. Joe Dolan, born in Mullingar in 1939, was one of the biggest Irish pop stars of his generation - 'Make Me an Island' reached number three in the UK chart in 1969 - and he kept performing in Mullingar until shortly befor...

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