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Ballinahown
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Ballinahown
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Overview
Ballinahown, also spelled Ballynahown, is a village in County Westmeath in Ireland. On the N62 road, it is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Athlone and 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the River Shannon. It contains the Roman Catholic St. Colmcilles Church, completed in 1902 to a design in the Early English Gothic-style by William Hague.
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History
For more than nine centuries the village was the residence of the Malone family, who resided in Ballynahown House, a country house and estate on the site of an old castle. Ballinahown won the 2024 award for Ireland's tidiest village.
Geography
Ballinahown is south of Athlone and east of the River Shannon by air. Clonydonnin Bog is located to the east of the village.
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