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Mullingar
An Muileann gCearr | |
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Town | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Westmeath |
Elevation | 101 m (331 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 20,103 |
Irish Grid Reference | N425523 |
Website | www |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1821 | 3,684 | — |
1831 | 4,295 | +16.6% |
1841 | 4,569 | +6.4% |
1851 | 4,817 | +5.4% |
1861 | 5,375 | +11.6% |
1871 | 5,103 | −5.1% |
1881 | 4,787 | −6.2% |
1891 | 5,323 | +11.2% |
1901 | 4,500 | −15.5% |
1911 | 5,539 | +23.1% |
1926 | 5,293 | −4.4% |
1936 | 5,237 | −1.1% |
1946 | 5,445 | +4.0% |
1951 | 5,643 | +3.6% |
1956 | 7,488 | +32.7% |
1961 | 7,442 | −0.6% |
1966 | 7,943 | +6.7% |
1971 | 9,245 | +16.4% |
1981 | 11,703 | +26.6% |
1986 | 12,127 | +3.6% |
1991 | 11,867 | −2.1% |
1996 | 12,492 | +5.3% |
2002 | 15,621 | +25.0% |
2006 | 18,416 | +17.9% |
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Mullingar (Irish: An Muileann gCearr, meaning 'the left-handed mill') is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act ( Henry VIII 34 ) of 1543, proclaimed Westmeath (which then included Longford which separated in 1586) a county, separating it from Meath. Mullingar became the administrative centre for County Westmeath. The town was originally named Maelblatha, and takes its modern name from a mill noted in the legend of Colman of Mullingar.[6]
The town had a tradition of cattle-trading up until 2003, when its cattle market was closed for development of a mixed commercial and residential scheme called the Market Point. Mullingar is famous for the neighbouring lakes, Lough Owel, Lough Ennell and Lough Derravaragh which attract many anglers. Lough Derravaragh is best known for its connection with the Irish legend of the Children of Lir. The town of Mullingar is linked to Lough Ennell via Lacy's Canal and the River Brosna.
One of Mullingar's major exports are items of pewterware[7] produced by the firm of Mullingar Pewter located near the town. Genesis fine art is also produced locally and sold worldwide – one of its sculptures of the "Pilgrims" dominates the dispensary house at Austin Friars St where once there was an Augustinian Friary. The town is the largest town in the Irish Midlands.[8][9] The town, as of 2006, is officially the most populated town in the midlands due in part to its increasing popularity as a commuter town.[clarification needed]
Three newspapers serve the community: the Westmeath Topic, the Mullingar Advertiser and the Westmeath Examiner.[10] Mullingar is also served by the Midlands Gateway,[11] along with Athlone and Tullamore.
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Local government and politics
Local issues are dealt with by the Mullingar Town council which elects nine members. The town is divided into the Mullingar East and Mullingar West local electoral areas for elections to Westmeath County Council, which elects nine members altogether. The town is part of the Longford-Westmeath constituency for elections to Dáil Éireann. The town is something of a stronghold for the centre left Labour Party, which holds four out of the nine seats on the town council and four out of the nine in the Mullingar local electoral areas.
Culture
Music
The Mullingar Town Band was founded in 1879 by Fr. Polland as a Holy Family Confraternity Band.[12] The local Military Barracks supplied many of the early members who themselves were serving members of the British Regimental bands stationed in Mullingar. Many of the members of these bands settled in the town and joined the band. The Mullingar Confraternity Band remained under the auspices of the Confraternity until the 1940s when it was handed over to a committee who continued under the title of Mullingar Brass and Reed Band. And thus it remained until membership had dwindled to 3 or 4 members in 1957 when the present Director Hubert Magee was asked to take the helm. In 1979 the centenary was celebrated with a membership of 100 - one member for every year of the band's existence.
The band has a dual role of marching band - The Celtic Crusaders - and a concert band. It has won some of the top awards in Ireland, Northern Ireland and England. Entirely voluntary, it is maintained financially by membership fees and fundraising. Every four years since 1974 both the Celtic Crusaders and Concert Band attend the International Youth Band Festival in Pumerend, Holland. In 2004 the band completed a successful exchange with the Cardinal Gibbons High School Band, Raleigh, North Carolina. They travelled to Midsomer Norton, England in July 2006 for the Open European Championships, bringing home four gold medals, including a gold with distinction in the senior concert section for the first time.
The Stables is a nationally recognized music venue in Mullingar which first opened in 1989. The club hosts a wide variety of music and has featured well-known performers; critic and writer Ronan Casey has described it as an "essential" stop for any national touring act.[13]
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Niall James Horan was born and raised in Mullingar. Niall is the only non-British member of popular boy band One Direction. He was the first Irish citizen to sing at the Olympic Games in London 2012, and win a Brit Award, and three MTV Video Music Awards.
Mullingar was mentioned at the very end of the very popular song "Horse Outside" by the Rubberbandits, in which the bridesmaid was promised a horse back ride out to Mullingar.
Pat of Mullingar is an Irish rebel song.
Theatre
Mullingar Student Players is a dramatic society made up of entirely by secondary school students from the area. Director Sean Lynch is a native of Mullingar and joins with Musical Director Angela Lynch and Choreography Siobhan Murphy to bring various musical productions to fruition. Previous productions include Les Miserables, West Side Story, Calamity Jane, Little Shop of Horrors, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Fame and last year, Beauty and the Beast. For 2011, the company will present Godspell.
There is also a hugely successful Pantomime group in the town. They present highly successful shows that use original scripts written by two local men. The company has been in operation since 2007. Past shows: Cinderella, Aladdin and Jack and the Beanstalk all written by Paul Doolin. This year, the group will stage A Christmas Carol.
In Doubt a 2008 film adaptation of the John Patrick Shanley stage play, starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, the town is referenced in dialogue between the main character Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) and the school caretaker.
Mullingar featured on Three Men Go To Ireland on BBC 2 on December 30, 2009. Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones were greeted by a large crowd on the Market Square and enjoyed a night at the Mullingar Greyhound Stadium during this episode where Dara O'Briain's dog Snip Nua raced.
Mullingar is mentioned in the song "The Rocky Road to Dublin" by The Dubliners. It is one the few songs in the 2009 film, Sherlock Holmes that was not composed for the film.[14]
Places of interest
Mullingar's main tourist attractions are its lakes – Lough Owel, Lough Lene and Lough Ennell - which are popular with anglers – and Belvedere House and Gardens which is heavily promoted for its beauty. The town has several hotels - including the Greville Arms Hotel, Annebrook House Hotel, Bloomfield House Hotel,Leisure Club and Spa, Newbury Hotel and the 4 star Mullingar Park Hotel which houses a conference centre.
The town is also associated with Irish author James Joyce, who was an occasional visitor to Mullingar during his youth. Joyce's father, John, was a civil servant posted from Dublin to compile an electoral register of Mullingar and the surrounding townlands. He often stayed in the Greville Arms Hotel. James referred to Mullingar in three of his novels, mentioning it twelve times in Ulysses,[15] in chapter 14 of Stephen Hero,[16] and three times in Finnegans Wake.[17][18][19][20][note 1]
Mullingar's most notable building is the cathedral of Christ the King Mullingar, the cathedral of the Diocese of Meath. The Cathedral was dedicated on the day World War II broke out.
Columb Barracks was a major military base in the county housing the 4th Field Artillery Regiment and the HQ of the 54 Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (Army Reserve) formally the FCA (9 FAR), and from 1940 to 1995, the 4th Field Supply & Transport Company until the unit was disbanded. Because of a Government Decision Columb Barracks is to be closed on the 30th March 2012 and the 4FAR is to be moved to Custume Barracks Athlone and the location of the 54 Reserve Artillery Regiments HQ Battery and No 3 Gun Battery is unclear.This is the last Artillery Barracks in the Republic of Ireland and the largest barracks in the Irish Midlands.Prior to World War I Wellington (Columb) Barracks was the second largest recruiting barracks in the United Kingdom.On 28th March the 4 Field Artillery Regiment and members of the 54 Reserve Artillery Regiment marched out of Columb Barracks for the last time as the Gate was locked by the Barrack Accountant CQMS Eamonn O'Reilly.
Economy
Mullingar's commercial sector has expanded in recent years from just a few shops on the town's main thoroughfares – Oliver Plunkett Street, Austin Friars Street, and Mount Street – to several major shopping areas. There is an out-of-town retail park at Lakepoint (about 1.6 km from the town centre), the Harbour Place shopping centre near the town centre and a new development at the Green - on the site of the former Avonmore and Pennys units.
The town has a mix of local retailers and chain stores (Tesco, Dunnes Stores, O2, Penneys, Lidl, SuperValu, Boots, Specsavers, Lifestyle Sports, Butterfly Kisses, Atlantic Homecare, Marks and Spencer and others). The town also has branches of all the major banks - AIB, Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank, National Irish Bank, Permanent TSB - and branches of First Active and EBS building societies. The town also has one of the country's largest Credit Unions (St Colemans Credit Union)[citation needed].
Arguably the largest development in Mullingar, the proposed "Mullingar Central" development is located between Mount Street, the Railway station and Blackhall Street. Planning permission has been granted for retail, commercial and residential units. Phase 1 which includes tax offices, library, civic offices and County Council buildings was officially opened on the 11th June 2009.[21] Phase 2 of the project will be the largest retail centre in the midlands and will incorporate offices, residential units a cultural building and leisure facilities. This has been shelved due to the economic situation however.[22]
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A Farmers' Market is held in Mullingar every Sunday and a further small market is run near Penneys/Marks and Spencer by The Green.
Mullingar contains several industrial estates including Lough Sheever Corporate Park and the Lynn Industrial estate. Two of the towns major manufacturing plants – Penn tennis balls and Tarkett[23] – both closed in the early 2000s causing many job losses. However newer industries have absorbed the job losses – including Capmark,[24] Oakley,[25] P.E.M. Engineering,[26] Trend Technologies,[27] Taconic International,[28] and Mullingar Pewter[7] which are all sizeable operations. The town is also home to a Van Nelle (Ireland) (a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco) factory which has provided employment for many years.
Iralco,[29] an automotive component manufacturer, is located nearby in Collinstown continues to provide employment to a skilled work force. The town recently won a €25m Lidl Warehouse and distribution center which will employ between 100 and 150. A new site for the IDA Business Park has been sited along the new N52 bypass. A major addition to the towns telecommunications infrastructure – a broadband network – was completed in 2004 – this is expected to increase the areas attractiveness to large multinational companies. Tesco Ireland had wanted to build a superstore in Lakepoint Retail addition to its current store but the local council turned this down.
A new shopping centre anchored by Marks and Spencer and Penneys has opened in the town, known as the Fairgreen Shopping centre. Additional tenants at the centre include UK fashion retailer New Look, Dorothy Perkins and Lifestyle Sports. Some feel a need for more retailers in Mullingar which has leaked millions of Euro of spending power from the area to surrounding retail centres such as Liffey Valley and Blanchardstown. The town's Council has great plans for the town centre with the predominantly retail led 'Central' scheme. It is expected to attract many national and international retailers into the area to capitalize on the town's growing population and its increasing popularity as a location with a high quality of life compared to many busy areas of Dublin.
Mullingar has a Chamber of Commerce which represents almost 200 businesses from many commercial sectors.
Transport
Road
Mullingar lies near the national primary route N4, the main Dublin – Sligo road, 79 km (49 mi) from the capital. The N52 also connects Mullingar to the Galway-Dublin M6 motorway. The town is served by Bus Éireann services to Dublin, Athlone (where passengers can catch connecting buses), Sligo, Cavan, Tullamore and Ballina.
The town currently suffers from heavy afternoon traffic partially caused by a lack of off-street parking problem. The town is bypassed and a ring road has been completed in a bid to further alleviate traffic.
Waterway
In the 19th century the town was served for a time by the Royal Canal – however displaced first by the railway and then the car, it is no longer commercially used for the transport of goods or people. The town of Mullingar as also linked to Lough Ennell via Lacy's Canal and the river Brosna.
Railway
The Midland Great Western Railway line to Mullingar from Dublin opened in stages from 1846 to 1848, arriving in Mullingar on 2 October 1848. This was to a temporary station, adjacent to the greyhound stadium. The original mainline ran from Dublin (Broadstone Station) to Galway via Mullingar and Athlone, the Mullingar to Galway section opening in August 1851. The present station opened with the branch line to Longford on 14 December 1855.
There were two secondary stations in Mullingar, Canal Crossing cattle bank was on the Sligo Line and on the Athlone Line, Newbrook racecourse had its own station. This was unique in that it was a two platformed station with both platforms on the Down Line.
These days, the line northwest to Longford and Sligo is the mainline, Galway is accessed from Heuston Station via Portarlington and the line between Mullingar and Athlone is currently disused. Mullingar station is served by national rail company Iarnród Éireann's Arrow commuter services to Dublin and InterCity trains to/from Sligo.
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland have a secondary base in the town. There is a photo survey of the disused Athlone.
Healthcare
The Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar serves the entire Longford-Westmeath area. A large extension was built in the early 1990s to accommodate the ever-increasing population. A change in government, however, halted investment and the extension lay as an empty shell until late 2006 when funding was finally secured to ensure its completion. There are several other hospitals in the town: St Loman's, which provides psychiatric services to all of the Irish Midlands; St Mary's, a care centre for older people; and the St Francis Private Hospital.
Education
The town has several primary schools serving the area, and a number of secondary schools – including Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar's oldest post-primary school. Coláiste Mhuire is primarily a boys school, however the successful repeat Leaving Certificate class is co-educational. Just to the north of Mullingar on the old Longford Road is St Finian's College. Until 2003 St Finian's was an all-boys boarding school; however, in 2003 the decision was made to phase out the boarding school by 2007 and to admit girls as well as boys. Loreto College for girls is the largest secondary school in the town, while Mullingar Community College is a co-educational school for boys and girls. The Community College also runs evening courses for adults and awards the FETAC certificates.
Wilson's Hospital School, a co-educational boarding school, operates under the patronage of the Church of Ireland (Anglican Communion). It is located in the nearby village of Multyfarnham. It serves day-students from the Mullingar area.
Sport
Athletics
Mullingar has a rich tradition in athletics with the club Mullingar Harriers producing many international athletes. Bobby Begley was Irish Team Manager when Eamonn Coughlan won the 5,000 meters World Championship in Helsinki.
GAA
There are four G.A.A. football clubs in the Mullingar area: Mullingar Shamrocks,[30] St. Loman's Mullingar, and The Downs[31] are the senior teams. Shandonagh fields an intermediate team. St Oliver Plunkett's[32] and Cullion respectively facilitate both senior and intermediate hurling enthusiasts. The County Westmeath team plays its home games at Cusack Park. Mullingar also supports women's teams including Mullingar Shamrocks and St Lomans Mullingar
Football
At the moment, Mullingar has three adult football teams: Mullingar Athletic (who play in Gainstown) and Mullingar Town (who have their grounds in D'Alton Park). The third, set up in 2009, are known as Hibernian Celtic AFC, they were originally formed in 1948, but ceased in 1986. They play their home games in the Raithin community pitch in which they share with Grange Utd, an under 18 side formed in 2009. Outside the town you have Rathowen Utd, Raharney FC, Rochfortbridge and Coralstown FC. All teams play in the CCFL league system.
Rugby
Mullingar rugby football club is located in Cullionbeg, and has had a degree of success in the 1990s with two towns cup final appearances. The club also made it to the 1989 towns cup final.The club was represented by great players who went on to play at a higher level, these include Shane Deering, M walls, N. Breslin P,Lynn K mc Kinley. The club has a pick of up to 50 players with three senior teams in very competitive leagues. the 07/08 season was a very competitive season with all three teams progressing well in their respective leagues. The 3rd team won the Anderson cup under the captaincy of the talented mick Lynn. The players awards night took place in the club house to mark the achievements of the previous season. The winners on the night included Adriel Farrell (Try of the year) Rob Collentine (young player of the year) The coveted Players player of the year went to the very talented Brian Murphy. The club player of the year went to Kevin O'Brien who played consistently well for both senior teams. The team is looking forward to the next season and hoping to climb up the Leinster leagues. With the emergence of talented players such as Davy Miller, Simon moorehead with a blend of senior players should all bode well.
Aussie Rules
There has been an Australian Rules team, the Midland Tigers - based in the town since 2000. Over the years the club have provided numerous International Players for the Irish Warriors, the national team for the sport in Ireland and they compete annually in the Aussieproperty.com Premiership.
Snooker
Westmeath Snooker Ranking events at Junior,Intermediate and Senior levels are hosted by St Mary's Snooker Club Mullingar and is recognised and a member if the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association. The Clubs Handicap cup is the longest running event in snooker in the midlands running from 1963. The four ranking events are the Midland Open,St Marys Open Classic,Westmeath Championships & the Mullingar Open Snooker Championship at all levels.http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Marys-Snooker-Club-Mullingar-Official-Site/172570489463111
Tennis and badminton
The Mullingar Tennis and Badminton Club is located in the heart of the town and includes 8 outdoor tennis courts and a hall containing 2 badminton courts[33]
Greyhound racing
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Lynn, Mullingar
When programmed, greyhound track racing occurs upon the Lynn Greyhound track on Thursday and Saturday evenings, beginning at 20:00. For television broadcasting purposes, races are interlaced with those from Shelbourne Dublin. The Track featured on the BBC Three men go to Ireland show where Dara O'Briain's dog Snip Nua raced
Golf
Mullingar golf club also has a proud history and hosts every August bank holiday weekend a leading amateur golf competition, i.e. The Mullingar Scratch Cup. This competition has been won by the likes of Hughie Myres, Des Smyth, Pádraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Paul McGinley, Nick Grant. The 2006 winner is up and coming golfer from Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy. Mullingar player Gerry Purcell is former An Post Golf Society Irish Champion on two occasions.
Basketball
The Mullingar Monarchs were formed in 2001, training from the CBS gym in the town centre. Recently however the Monarchs have switched training locations to Rochfortbridge. While the club took 2 years to get off the ground they are now one of the most decorated in the Midland League, securing one treble and two double titles. The team have also played in the National League Division 1, only one step away from the superleague.
The Mullingar Dragons were formed in 2007 and play in the North Eastern Basketball League. In July 2008 a Women's team was added to the already established Men's team.
Cricket
The Cricket club is based on the St. Finian's ground in Mullingar.There is nets every Friday at 6:30. The Club fields 3 men's teams in Leinster and Midland Cup and league competitions.First IX - Leinster Division 4 Second IX - Leinster Division 9 Third IX - Leinster Division 14.
Hockey
Mullingar Hockey Club currently has 4 adult teams and the club play its matches in the Loreto College, on the Longford road, not far from the hospital. The men's side of the club are in its 26th year, and has between 40 and 50 members, with their 1st team currently in Leinster League Division 4, the 2nd team play in Division 7.The Ladies side of the club were re-formed three years ago, after a break of five years and also have two teams. The matches are played every Saturday (an odd Sunday game does occur) and are open to the public (see local press for details). There are 3 fully qualified coaches at the club and several high level umpires. The colts section is no longer up and running, but check the Mullingar Hockey Club page on Facebook for further info. The club are planning more teams and an astro turf pitch in the future.
Swimming
The Mullingar Jets Swimming Club is based in the town swimming pool located in Mullingar Town Park.
Cycling
Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar Cycling club caters for leisure and touring cyclists of all ages and abilities. The Clubs main touring activities are short, medium and longer distance cycles on Saturday and Sunday morning and in the summer months on Monday and Wednesday evenings. In the past few years a strong racing team has emerged in the club. Lakeside Wheelers have a number of high profile events for 2010 including the "Expert Mullingar Criterium" on Wednesday 16 June, "Expert Mullingar 2 Day Race" on 10/11 July and "Tour of the Lakes" on Sunday 18 July 2010. Visit www.lakesidewheelers.ie for further information.
Equestrian
Mullingar is also the home of one of Ireland's international riding centres. Mullingar Equestrian Centre ( 5 minutes outside the town) regularly hosts competitions. Also they are available for lessons, and on Friday evenings during the year there are competitions for riders to compete in. Other schools in the area include Ladestown Riding School and Catherinestown Riding School. Studs include Tally Ho Stud, Cleaboy Stud, and Charlestown Stud.
Boxing
Two-time Olympian boxer John Joe Nevin is from Mullingar. He won a silver medal in the bantamweight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
People
- Niall Breslin (Bressie) and The Blizzards, musicians
- Joe Dolan, singer
- Alan P. Layng rugby player, leg injury ended a brilliant career, was considered international prospect, known as "The Hands"
- J. P. Donleavy, author
- Graham Dowling, singer in Icon on Fire and The Voice of Ireland contestant
- Josephine Hart, author
- Tina Kellegher, actress
- John Joe Nevin, boxer
- Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair
- Connor Smith, footballer for Watford FC
- Joseph Murphy Irish Equestrian Olympian 2012
- Niall Horan, member of British/Irish boy band One Direction formed in X Factor UK
- Lorcan Sleator, wife beater
See also
Notes
- ^ Mullingar appears in Ulysses in the Calypso episode; in Lotus Eaters; twice in Hades; in Lestrygonians; in Nausicaa; twice in Oxen of the Sun; in Circe; in Eumaeus; and twice in Ithaca. The town is also mentioned three times in Finnegans Wake in Book 1, Section 6, page 138, line 19; in Book 2, Section 2, page 286, line 21; and in Book 2, Section 3, page 345, line 34. Mullingar does not appear in Dubliners nor in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
References
- ^ Census for post 1821 figures.
- ^ http://www.histpop.org
- ^ http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census
- ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. (eds.). Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850". The Economic History Review. 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x.
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- ^ a b Mullingar Pewter, Gifts of a Lifetime
- ^ http://www.horizonireland.com/wilson/default.php
- ^ http://www.google.ie/#hl=en&q=largest+town+in+the+midlands+ireland+mullingar&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=4f532dca12f74b83
- ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations, Jun 2006 - Jan 2007.
- ^ Midland Gateway Ireland Athlone Tullamore Mullingar tullamore Offaly Ireland tullamore chamber online westmeath offaly tullamore
- ^ Mullingar Town Band website - History
- ^ Casey, Ronan. "The Stables celebrates twenty years". Ronan Casey. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ Sherlock Holmes Soundtrack Is Anything But Elementary
- ^ Searchable online text of Ulysses, online-literature.com, Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ James Joyce's Stephen Hero, robotwisdom.com, Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ Searchable online text of Finnegans Wake, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada. Retrieved 2010-08-03. (Note that this e-text contains errors, many of which are listed at F.W.E.E.T.)
- ^ Finnegans Wake: Book 1, Section 6, page 138, line 19, Trent University. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ Finnegans Wake: Book 2, Section 2, page 286, line 21, in left hand column. Trent University. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ Finnegans Wake: Book 2, Section 3, page 345, line 34, Trent University. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ http://www.advertiser.ie/mullingar/article/13884
- ^ "Rejuvenating Mullingar". Irish Independent. 19 March 2008.
- ^ Tarkett Group
- ^ capmark^
- ^ Oakley - The Official Site
- ^ PEM Ireland
- ^ Injection Moulding, Plastic Mouldings, Medical Devices, Automotive Components -Trend Technologies
- ^ Taconic Corporate Homepage
- ^ Iralco, Ireland, Irish, Meath, automotive industry, automotive components, steel, steel bending, patent process
- ^ http://www.mullingarshamrocks.com
- ^ http://www.naduntagaa.com
- ^ http://www.stoliverplunketts.westmeath.gaa.ie
- ^ http://www.mullingartennis.com
Further reading
- Seamus O'Brien (1999). Famine and Community in Mullingar Poor Law Union, 1845-49. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7165-2678-6.
- Matt Nolan (1999). Mullingar: Just for the Record. Crigean P. ISBN 0-9537651-0-5.
- Mary Farrell (2002). Mullingar: Essays on the History of a Midlands Town. Westmeath County Library. ISBN 0-9506016-3-2.
- Leo Daly (1975). James Joyce and the Mullingar Connection. Dolmen P. ISBN 0-85105-266-5.
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