Balnacart

Balnacart is a locality in County Westmeath, Leinster. Balnacart is situated nearby to the locality Whitegate, as well as near the hamlet Castletown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mullaghmeen.

Mullaghmeen

Peak

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Finnea and Coole.

Finnea

Village

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Finnea, also Finea, is a small village in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is on the border with County Cavan, on the R394 road. The village is very roughly 25 km from each of Mullingar, Cavan town and Longford town. Finnea is situated 7 km northwest of Balnacart.

Coole

Village

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Coole is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland, on the R395 regional road. It is situated on a plateau that overlooks the part of the Bog of Allen, cultivated for peat for fuel consumption purposes by Bórd na Móna, the government-owned peat production industry and for garden plant soil compost products by Harte Peat Ltd, a private enterprise, and Bórd na Móna. Coole is situated 8 km southwest of Balnacart.

Castlepollard

Town

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Castlepollard is a small town in north County Westmeath, Ireland. It lies west of Lough Lene and northeast of Lough Derravaragh and Mullingar. As of the 2022 census, Castlepollard had a population of 1,349 people. Castlepollard is situated 8 km south of Balnacart.

Balnacart

Type: Locality
Location: County Westmeath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.75° or 53° 45′ north

Longitude

-7.3° or 7° 18′ west

Elevation

130 metres (427 feet)

Open location code

9C5JQM2X+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52234649

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2966381

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Localities in the Area

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