Westmeath

County Westmeath (pronounced /wɛstˈmiːð/; Irish: Contae na hIarmhí) is one of the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland and one of the thirty-twocounties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster. The population of the county is 79,403 according to the 2006 census. Westmeath is the 20th largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and 22nd largest in terms of population.^[1] It is the sixth largest of Leinster’s 12 counties in size and eighth largest in terms of population. It was named after the historic kingdom and province of Mide, the original extant of the kingdom conforming to the present county. Westmeath was created under The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act of 1543. The hill of Uisneach in the medieval Barony of Moycashel is generally accepted as the notional geographical centre of Ireland.