Mullingar Town.

Mullingar is the county town of Westmeath and the market town for an area renowned for cattle rearing, a market is held in the town each Tuesday. The town has an exceptionally fine selection of shops, many internationally known names are represented. The Royal Canal running from Dublin to Clondra on the Shannon pass through Mullingar.

The fisherman will find Mullingar a paradise, one angler who fished the area once said "The fish seem to queue to take your hook." He may just have been lucky. The profusion of lakes rivers and canals in close proximity means you can easily fish several venues on the same day.

The Cathedral of Christ the King, completed in 1936, it has mosaics of SS Patrick and Anne by the Russian artist Boris Anrep. Other places of interest are an ecclesiastical museum, a military museum, and the Market House museum of local history. The writer James Joyce had Mullingar connections.

Four miles WNW of the town is Slanemore Hill 152 metres (499 ft.) Slanemore and adjoining Slanebeg are thought to be the Slemain Mid, where the Ulster forces are described as camping in the Tain Bo.