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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Mullingar''' is the [[county town]] of [[Westmeath]]. In <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1543</del>, the Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act (Henry VIII <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">34</del>), proclaimed Westmeath (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which then included </del>Longford which separated in 1586) a county of itself separated from [[Meath]], and Mullingar became the centre for the new county.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Mullingar''' is the [[county town]] of [[Westmeath]]. In <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1542</ins>, the Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">34 </ins>Henry VIII <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">c.1</ins>), proclaimed Westmeath (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including </ins>Longford which separated in 1586) a county of itself separated from [[Meath]], and Mullingar became the centre for the new county.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The town's name is from the Irish ''An Muileann gCearr'', meaning "left-handed mill".  It was originally named ''Maelblatha'', and takes its modern name from a mill noted in the legend of Colman of Mullingar.<ref>From: Betha Colmáin Maic Lúacháin, or, The Life of Colmán son of Lúachan [http://www.aelredsanonymous.com/colmanir.html Life of Colman of Lynn]</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The town's name is from the Irish ''An Muileann gCearr'', meaning "left-handed mill".  It was originally named ''Maelblatha'', and takes its modern name from a mill noted in the legend of Colman of Mullingar.<ref>From: Betha Colmáin Maic Lúacháin, or, The Life of Colmán son of Lúachan [http://www.aelredsanonymous.com/colmanir.html Life of Colman of Lynn]</ref></div></td></tr>
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|name=Mullingar<br />
|irish=An Muileann gCearr<br />
|county=Westmeath<br />
|picture=Christ le Roi Mullingar.JPG<br />
|picture caption=The Cathedral of Christ the King<br />
|os grid ref=N425523<br />
|latitude=53.5224<br />
|longitude=-7.3378<br />
|population_total=20,103<br />
|census year=2011<br />
|website=[http://www.mullingarshowcase.com/ mullingarshowcase.com]<br />
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'''Mullingar''' is the [[county town]] of [[Westmeath]]. In 1543, the Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act (Henry VIII 34), proclaimed Westmeath (which then included Longford which separated in 1586) a county of itself separated from [[Meath]], and Mullingar became the centre for the new county.<br />
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The town's name is from the Irish ''An Muileann gCearr'', meaning "left-handed mill". It was originally named ''Maelblatha'', and takes its modern name from a mill noted in the legend of Colman of Mullingar.<ref>From: Betha Colmáin Maic Lúacháin, or, The Life of Colmán son of Lúachan [http://www.aelredsanonymous.com/colmanir.html Life of Colman of Lynn]</ref><br />
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The town had a tradition of cattle-trading up until 2003, when its cattle market was closed for development of a mixed commercial and residential scheme called the ''Market Point''. Mullingar is famous for the neighbouring lakes, [[Lough Owel]], [[Lough Ennell]] and [[Lough Derravaragh]] which attract many anglers. Lough Derravaragh is best known for its connection with the Irish legend of the Children of Lir. The town of Mullingar is linked to [[Lough Ennell]] via [[Lacy's Canal]] and the [[River Brosna]].<br />
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One of Mullingar's major exports are items of pewterware<ref name="pewter">[http://www.mullingarpewter.com Mullingar Pewter, Gifts of a Lifetime]</ref> produced by the firm of Mullingar Pewter located near the town. Genesis fine art is also produced locally and sold worldwide – one of its sculptures of the "Pilgrims" dominates the dispensary house at Austin Friars St where once there was an Augustinian Friary.<br />
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==Media==<br />
*Newspapers<br />
**The ''Westmeath Topic''<br />
**The ''Mullingar Advertiser''<br />
**The ''Westmeath Examiner''<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
The song "The Rocky Road to Dublin" by ''The Dubliners'' mentions Millingar; this was one the few songs in the 2009 film, ''Sherlock Holmes'' that was not composed for the film.<ref>[http://reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/sherlock-holmes-soundtrack/ Sherlock Holmes Soundtrack Is Anything But Elementary ]</ref><br />
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The town is also associated with author James Joyce, who was an occasional visitor to Mullingar during his youth. Joyce's father, John, was a civil servant posted from Dublin to compile an electoral register of Mullingar and the surrounding townlands. He often stayed in the Greville Arms Hotel. James referred to Mullingar in three of his novels, mentioning it twelve times in ''Ulysses'',<ref>[http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/ulysses/ Searchable online text of ''Ulysses''], ''online-literature.com'', Retrieved 2010-08-03.</ref> in chapter 14 of [[Stephen Hero]],<ref>[http://robotwisdom.com/jaj/portrait/shero.html James Joyce's ''Stephen Hero''], ''robotwisdom.com'', Retrieved 2010-08-09.</ref> and three times in ''Finnegans Wake''. Mullingar appears in Ulysses in the ''Calypso'' episode; in ''Lotus Eaters''; twice in ''Hades''; in ''Lestrygonians''; in ''Nausicaa''; twice in ''Oxen of the Sun''; in ''Circe''; in ''Eumaeus''; and twice in ''Ithaca''. The town is also mentioned three times in Finnegans Wake, in Books 1 and 2.<br />
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==Places of interest==<br />
Mullingar's main tourist attractions are its lakes – [[Lough Owel]], [[Lough Lene]] and [[Lough Ennell]] - which are popular with anglers – and Belvedere House and Gardens which is heavily promoted for its beauty. The town has several hotels.<br />
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Mullingar's most notable building is the cathedral of Christ the King Mullingar, the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath. The Cathedral was dedicated on the day Second World War broke out.<br />
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Closed in 2012, Columb Barracks was a major military base in the county housing the 4th Field Artillery Regiment and the HQ of the 54 Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (Army Reserve) formally the FCA (9 FAR), and from 1940 to 1995, the 4th Field Supply & Transport Company until the unit was disbanded. Prior to World War I Wellington (Columb) Barracks was the second largest recruiting barracks in the United Kingdom.<br />
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==Sport==<br />
[[File:Levrieres Mullingar.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Greyhound Track, Lynn]]<br />
*Athletics: Mullingar Harriers<br />
*Australian Rules football: The Midland Tigers<br />
*Basketball:<br />
**The Mullingar Monarchs, formed in 2001<br />
**The Mullingar Dragons, formed in 2007<br />
*Cricket: Mullingar Cricket Club<br />
*Cycling: Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar<br />
*Football:<br />
**Mullingar Athletic<br />
**Mullingar Town<br />
**Hibernian Celtic AFC<br />
*Gaelic games:<br />
**[http://www.mullingarshamrocks.com Mullingar Shamrocks]<br />
**St Loman's Mullingar<br />
**The Downs<br />
**St Oliver Plunkett's<br />
**Cullion<br />
*Golf: Mullingar Golf Club<br />
*Greyhound racing: The Lynn Greyhound track<br />
*Hockey: Mullingar Hockey Club<br />
*Horses: Mullingar Equestrian Centre, one of Ireland's international riding centres<br />
*Rugby: Mullingar Rugby Football Club<br />
*Swimming: The Mullingar Jets Swimming Club, based in the town swimming pool in Mullingar Town Park<br />
*Tennis and badminton: The Mullingar Tennis and Badminton Club<br />
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==Outside links==<br />
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*[http://www.mullingarshowcase.com/ mullingarshowcase.com]<br />
*[http://www.mullingar.ie/ Mullingar.ie]<br />
*[http://www.mullingarchamber.ie/ Mullingar Chamber of Commerce]<br />
*[http://www.mullingarpresbyterian.com/ Mullingar Presbyterian Church]<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Books===<br />
* {{cite book|author=Seamus O'Brien |year=1999 |title=Famine and Community in Mullingar Poor Law Union, 1845-49 |publisher=Irish Academic Press |isbn=0-7165-2678-6}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Matt Nolan |year=1999 |title=Mullingar: Just for the Record |publisher=Crigean P. |isbn=0-9537651-0-5}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Mary Farrell |year=2002 |title=Mullingar: Essays on the History of a Midlands Town |publisher=Westmeath County Library |isbn=0-9506016-3-2}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Leo Daly |year=1975 |title=James Joyce and the Mullingar Connection|publisher=Dolmen P |isbn=0-85105-266-5}}<br />
* http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/documents/Df_Medals_2010.pdf</div>Root