Castlepollard (County Westmeath)
thumb|Castlepollard / Cionn Torc & Lough Lene thumb|A roundabout in Castlepollard Castlepollard ( or Cionn Toirc) is a small town in north County Westmeath, Ireland. It lies west of Lough Lene and northeast of Lough Derravaragh and Mullingar. As of the 2022 census, Castlepollard had a population of 1,349 people.
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12 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- 16th and 17th centuries
- Castlepollard Massacre, 1831
- Built heritage
- Transport
- Economy
- Sport
- Tullynally Castle
- See also
- References
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thumb|Castlepollard / Cionn Torc & Lough Lene thumb|A roundabout in Castlepollard Castlepollard ( or Cionn Toirc) is a small town in north County Westmeath, Ireland. It lies west of Lough Lene and northeast of Lough Derravaragh and Mullingar. As of the 2022 census, Castlepollard had a population of 1,349 people.
==Name== The name 'Castlepollard' comes from the name of a castle or fortified manor built by the English army captain Nicholas Pollard in the early 17th century. The town's official Irish name is Baile na gCros (anglicised Ballinagross), meaning "town of the cross (or crossroads)". However, the name Cionn Toirc (anglicised 'Kinturk'), meaning "head of the boar", has also been applied to the town. The townland of Kinturk Demesne covers the southern part of Castlepollard.
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