Westmeath takes its name from An Iarmhí, carved from the old kingdom of Meath in 1542, a county of broad lakes including Lough Ree and Lough Owel that have always drawn travellers to its shores.
Contae na hIarmhí · The Lake County · Leinster
Westmeath takes its name from An Iarmhí, carved from the old kingdom of Meath in 1542, a county of broad lakes including Lough Ree and Lough Owel that have always drawn travellers to its shores.
This is the Hill of Uisneach, believed by the ancients to be the very centre of Ireland, where the fires of Bealtaine were once lit to be seen echoed on hilltops across all four provinces.
