Coontie Westmeath

(Reguidit frae Coonty Westmeath)

Coonty Westmeath (pronounced /wɛstˈmiːð/; Erse: Contae na hIarmhí) is ane o the twenty-sax coonties o the Republic o Ireland an ane o the thirty-twa coonties o Ireland. It is located in the province o Leinster. The population o the coonty is 79,403 according to the 2006 census. Westmeath is the 20t lairgest o Ireland’s 32 coonties in area an 22nt lairgest in terms o population. It is the saxt lairgest o Leinster’s 12 coonties in size an aicht lairgest in terms o population. It wis named efter the heestoric kinrick an province o Mide, the original extant o the kinrick conforming to the present coonty. Westmeath wis created under The Coonties o Meath an Westmeath Act o 1543. The Hill of Uisneach in the barony o Moycashel is sometimes regarded as the notional geographical centre o Ireland.

Coonty Westmeath

Contae na hIarmhí
Motto(s): 
Triath ós Triathaibh  (Erse)
"Noble above nobility"
Location of Coonty Westmeath
KintraIreland
ProvinceLeinster
Dáil ÉireannLongford–Westmeath
EU ParliamentEast
Coonty seatMullingar
Govrenment
 • TeepCoonty Cooncil
Area
 • Total1840 km2 (710 sq mi)
Area rank21st
Population
 (2011)[1]
86,164
 • Rank22nt
Caur platesWH
Websitewww.westmeathcoco.ie

References eedit

  1. "County Westmeath". Central Statistics Office. 2011. Archived frae the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.