Collinstown

Collinstown () is a village in north County Westmeath, situated on the R395 regional road overlooking Lough Lene. It lies northeast of the county town of Mullingar and (as of the 2016 census) had a population of 356.

Weather now

cached 522h ago

13°overcast clouds

93% 4.0 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Region: Leinster
Country: Éire / Ireland
Population: 336

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name: Collinstown
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Panneau de Baile na gCailleach Collinstown.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Bilingual welcome signage
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Leinster
Settlement.subdivision_type3: County
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Westmeath
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_total: 356
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Elevation: 128
Official website: www.westmeathcoco.ie
Image: IMG Collinstown2943.jpg

Show 3 more facts

Commons category: Collinstown
Irish Grid Reference: N500673
native label: Baile na gCailleach

Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~6 min read

Article

9 sections

Contents

Toponymy
History
{{anchor|Bell}}Lough Lene Bell
Barbavilla Estate
Sport
Education
See also
References
External links

==Toponymy== The Irish name of the village means 'town of the veiled women', or 'town of the hags', owing to a convent once established on an island on nearby Lough Lene.