Things to do in Co. Westmeath
8 places
1.The Hill of Uisneach
A 5,000-year-old royal site you can only tour
The hill the Irish regarded as the sacred centre of their island, where High Kings ritually married the land and the first Bealtaine fire was lit. It is a working farm on private land, so the only way up is on a pre-booked guided tour.
- Highlights
- Guided tour only - pre-booking essential
- Ail na Míreann (The Catstone), the navel of Ireland
- Summit views over up to twenty counties
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Restrooms · Wheelchair access
2.Fore Abbey
Seven Wonders of a 7th-century monastery
In a quiet Westmeath valley, St Fechin founded a monastery around AD 630; today Fore holds Ireland's most extensive medieval Benedictine ruins and the legendary 'Seven Wonders of Fore'.
- Highlights
- The Seven Wonders of Fore, from a mill without a race to water that won't boil
- The most extensive remains of any medieval Benedictine house in Ireland
- St Fechin's Church and its miracle lintel, built around AD 900
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Wheelchair access
3.Tullynally Castle & Gardens
20 acres of gardens around a 370-year-old family castle
A lived-in Pakenham family home since 1655, where 20 acres of walled and woodland gardens, two ornamental lakes and a tree-mad owner's collection surround an Irish castle just 80 minutes from Dublin.
- Highlights
- Pakenham family home since 1655
- Over 20 acres of walled, woodland and flower gardens
- Two ornamental lakes with swans
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Dog-friendly · Restrooms · Wheelchair access
4.Belvedere House Gardens & Park
Ireland's largest folly on a 160-acre lakeside estate
A 160-acre lakeside Georgian estate on Lough Ennell, where a fully restored 1740s Palladian villa, a Victorian walled garden and Ireland's largest folly sit among woodlands and parkland just outside Mullingar.
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Restrooms · Wheelchair access
5.Mollie Moo's Pet Farm
Feed farm animals, then go-karts and crazy golf
A family pet farm and playground near Mullingar where children can feed and pet real farm animals, then spend the rest of the day on go-karts, crazy golf and the Mooville play village — all included in one ticket.
- Highlights
- Feed and pet cows, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and more
- Mooville interactive play village
- Go-karts and crazy golf included
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
6.Mullingar Pewter
Free factory tour of a working pewter workshop
A working pewter workshop on the N4 near Mullingar — Ireland's only pewter production, open for free self-guided tours, with a well-loved café and gift gallery attached.
- Highlights
- Ireland's only pewter production, established 1974
- Free self-guided workshop tours
- Free admission
- Facilities
- Restrooms · Wheelchair access
7.Mullingar Park
Free Green Flag park with a skatepark and 25m pool
Mullingar Town Park is a free Green Flag park in the middle of the county town, packing playgrounds, a big ornamental pond, a skatepark and a 25-metre swimming pool into one compact space.
- Highlights
- Green Flag park, awarded for sustainable management
- Several children's playgrounds
- Mullingar skatepark
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
8.Rock 'n' Bowl
10 lanes of bowling and a giant bouncy castle
Mullingar's first and only bowling alley, wrapped around Jungle Joes soft play centre on the Lynn Road — one roof for ten pin bowling, bouncy castles, build-a-bear and birthday parties.
- Highlights
- 10 fully computerised ten pin lanes with glow-in-the-dark bowling and bumpers
- Jungle Joes indoor soft play for infants and toddlers
- Jungle Bounce, described as the largest indoor bouncy castle in the midlands
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Restrooms · Wheelchair access