Fore

Fore, County Westmeath, Leinster, Ireland
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Castlepollard (County Westmeath) (Q1049648)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Castlepollard (Irish: Baile na gCros 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.

Crookedwood (Q986227)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Crookedwood (Irish: Tigh Munna) is a small village in County Westmeath on the R394 regional road. Historically it was called Taghmon (Irish: Tigh Munna), after the townland it occupies.

Turgesius Island (Q16848805)
item type: island
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The principal island on Lough Lene is named after Turgesius who was a Viking leader who is said to have conquered Dublin.

Randoon (Q2188864)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Randoon (Randún) is a Turgesius Viking fortress located southwest of Lough Lene in Ireland. The fortress is situated upon a hill in Ranaghan, dominating by its height all other ringforts in the area, and overlooking Lough Lene between the towns of Castlepollard and Collinstown. The locally used term fort refers to any of the multitude of ringforts, many of which have been overgrown by vegetation. These remain today as historical relics Early Medieval Period of Ireland and Western Europe; they protected by Irish national heritage law.

Clonmellon (Q2385433)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Clonmellon (Irish: Ráistín, but also attested to originally have been Cluain Miolain) is a small village officially in County Westmeath although on the border with County Meath, Ireland. It is situated on the N52 road between Kells in County Meath and Delvin in County Westmeath.

Fore (Q3077129)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Fore (Irish: Baile Fhobhair, meaning 'Townland of the Spring') is a village, next to the old Benedictine Abbey ruin of Fore Abbey, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, in Ireland.

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Knockeyon (Q3777145)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Knockeyon (Irish: Cnoc Eóin) is a hill in County Westmeath, Ireland in the townland of Streamstown.

Drumcree (Q5309148)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Drumcree (Irish: Droim Cria or Druim Criadh) is a small village in County Westmeath in Ireland on the R395 regional road. This village is part of St Mary's Parish, Collinstown, and a sister parish of St Feichin's, Fore.

Hill of Ben (Q5762434)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Hill of Ben is a rising hill situated in the Westmeath Hills, Ireland. The Hill of Ben dominates the valley where Fore Abbey resides. It rises sharply among the other surrounding hills that interlace with the many loughs of Westmeath to an elevation of 627'. Local legend has it that Saint Patrick's successor, named Benigne, is said to have preached from the hill to bring the gospel to local communities.

Fore (Q4863020)
item type: barony
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Fore (Irish: Baile Fhobhair) is a barony in northern County Westmeath, Ireland. It was formed by 1672.

Castlepollard Mother & Baby Home (Q115862356)
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Rathgarve (Q22084230)
item type: civil parish in Ireland
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Rathgarve (Irish: Ráth Garbh meaning "rough ringfort"), is a civil, religious parish, and townland, in County Westmeath, Ireland, located about 19 km (12 mi) north of Mullingar. It takes in parts of the modern town of Castlepollard (the townlands of Kinturk Desmesne and Townparks), and it forms part of the religious parish of St. Michael's Parish, Castlepollard. Historically it has been linked to the 8th century monk Dicuil, according to Monasticon Hibernicum. However, he is also associated with Rathgar ( also in Irish: Ráth Garbh, again meaning "rough ringfort"), in Dublin, which may indicate a misassociation with one of these sites.

R396 road (Q24197068)
item type: road
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The R396 road is a regional road in Ireland, located in County Longford and County Westmeath.

Lough Lene Gaels GAA (Q15242978)
item type: sports club
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Lough Lene Gaels (Irish: Gaeil Loch Léinn) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, based in Collinstown, County Westmeath, Ireland.