County Westmeath Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county in Ireland formerly known as Meath
About County Westmeath
From the 1st to the 12th century AD, the Kingdom of Meath (Mide, meaning "middle") was a broad belt from the Shannon to the east coast of Ireland. Then the Normans arrived and began to subdue the Gaelic kingdoms and parcel the land into shires or counties. Meath was absorbed into the vassal kingdom of Leinster, to re-emerge as County Meath. In 1543 this was subdivided into an eastern part very much under Tudor English control and becoming the modern County Meath, and a western part that had remained more Gaelic. This "Westmeath" contained what is now County Longford, but that became separate in 1586, leaving County Westmeath on its present footprint. Local government reforms in 1898 completed the transition from wopentakes and baronial demesnes into the 20th-century governance of county ro
County Westmeath Travel Guide Sections
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