Mullaghmeen

#228 among destinations in Ireland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mullaghmeen, at 258 metres, is the county top for Westmeath in Ireland, and is the lowest county top in Ireland. Mullaghmeen is located in the Mullaghmeen Forest, known for having the largest planted beech forest in Europe. ()

Elevation: 846 ftProminence: 479 ftCoordinates: 53°45'43"N, 7°17'21"W

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WestmeathIreland

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Mullaghmeen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fore Abbey, Tullynally Castle, Lough Bane, Lough Sheelin.

6 miSE
Historical place, Monastery
Fore Abbey, Fore
152 min walk • Fore Abbey is the ruin of a Benedictine Abbey, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, near Fore village. The abbey was founded by Saint Feichin in 630 CE and functioned for over 900 years.
5.7 miS
Museum, Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard
146 min walk • Tullynally Castle, also known as Pakenham Hall, is a country house situated some 2 km from Castlepollard on the Coole village road in County Westmeath, Ireland.
7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Bane, Fore
178 min walk • Lough Bane is a lake on the border of County Meath and County Westmeath in Ireland. The county border runs east–west through the centre of the lake. Lough Bane forms part of the Lough Bane and Lough Glass Special Area of Conservation. The lake is the largest of three lakes in the SAC, the others being Lough Glass and Lough Glass North.
3.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Sheelin
84 min walk • Lough Sheelin, in standard Irish Loch Síleann, is a limestone freshwater lough in central Ireland. The lake is a part of the River Inny course, and ultimately of the Shannon system.
6.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hill of Ben, Fore
158 min walk • Situated between Lough Glore and Lough Lene, and Lough Ban, Ireland, the Hill of Ben dominates the valley where Fore abbey was built by De Lacy of the Lord of Meath family for the French Benedictine monks.
5.1 miW
Lake
Lough Kinale
131 min walk • Lough Kinale is a freshwater lake in the north midlands of Ireland. It is located on the borders of Counties Longford, Westmeath and Cavan. Lough Kinale forms part of the River Inny. The lake's inflow is from Lough Sheelin and the outflow is to Lough Derravaragh.