Westmeath stretches from Lough Ree on the Shannon in the West to the shores of Lough Sheelin in the North East and southwards to Kinnegad and the Royal Canal. The county was once part of the ancient province of Meath and later of County Meath, this association was ended in 1543 when County Westmeath was created. Created a County in 16th century, Westmeath had, for the following hundred years a turbulent growth culminating in the Siege of Athlone in 1691.

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