Kilbeggan DistilleryKilbeggan's distillery is a small one on the river, and the tour takes in a working water wheel and pot stills.
Village
Tyrrellspass
Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath
The village was built as a crescent of houses around a green, with a castle at one end of it.
- Where
- Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath
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Kilbeggan DistilleryKilbeggan's distillery is a small one on the river, and the tour takes in a working water wheel and pot stills.
Belvedere House, Gardens and ParkA hunting lodge above Lough Ennell, with walled gardens and a large false ruin built in the grounds purely to block a view.
Lough EnnellLough Ennell sits south of Mullingar with a beach at Lilliput, and a shore walk comes down to it from Belvedere.
Lough OwelClear limestone water just north of Mullingar, with a small island in it holding an early church site.
Old Rail Trail GreenwayForty kilometres of path on the old Dublin to Galway railway line, flat the whole way across the county.More in Westmeath
Athlone CastleCastle · AthloneA Norman castle sits on the west bank of the Shannon in the middle of Athlone, run as a museum.
Fore AbbeyAbbey · CastlepollardA Benedictine abbey and church ruins fill a narrow valley, with local curiosities around them known as the seven wonders.
Tullynally Castle GardensHouse and gardens · CastlepollardThe Gothic revival house near Castlepollard is a large one, with woodland gardens and a walled garden open to walk.- Hill of UisneachViewpoint · BallymoreUisneach is taken as the symbolic centre of Ireland, with a large split boulder near the top.
Lough ReeLake · AthloneThe lake widens out on the Shannon north of Athlone, with islands, harbours and boats on it the whole summer.
Lough DerravaraghLake · CastlepollardThe lake runs long and narrow under Knockeyon, and the story of the Children of Lir is set on it.
AthloneTown · AthloneThe Shannon splits the town in two, and the castle, the bridge and the old quarter are all on the west bank.
GlassonVillage · GlassonStone buildings north of Athlone, a short walk in from the Lough Ree shore.