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Glassan
Sign in to saveGlassan or Glasson () is a small village in rural County Westmeath, Ireland. It is north of Athlone, on the N55 national secondary road, not far from the shores of Lough Ree. As of the 2022 census, Glassan had a population of 218.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ballymahon
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 1,877
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Westmeath
- Elevation
- 56
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Glassan, County Westmeath - geograph.ie - 1826726.jpg
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- Commons category
- Glassan
- Irish Grid Reference
- N090467
- historic county
- County Longford
- native label
- Glasán
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- History and layout
- Amenities
- Waterston House
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Glassan or Glasson () is a small village in rural County Westmeath, Ireland. It is north of Athlone, on the N55 national secondary road, not far from the shores of Lough Ree. As of the 2022 census, Glassan had a population of 218.
==History and layout== The village, sometimes known as "the village of the roses", was established and laid out to serve Waterstown House, the remnants of which is located on a hill south east of the village. The Harris-Temple family lived in Waterstown House which was built in the 1740s. The village was laid out as a straight street without a central square or common. At the south end the school was built to educate the children of the employees of the big house. This school was built for Isabella Harris who believed that education was one of the elements which could prevent the repetition of the distress experienced during the Great Famine of the 1840s.
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