Fore

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Fore

Elevation101 m

Coordinates53.68°, -7.23°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Fore is a village, next to the old Benedictine Abbey ruin of Fore Abbey, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, in Ireland. The nearest town is Castlepollard, 5 km to the west.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Donie Cassidy

Irish politician and businessman

Paul Gogarty

Irish politician

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Denis ApIvor

British composer (1916–2004)

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Derek McNicholas

Irish hurler

Maurice Dease

recipient of the Victoria Cross

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Peter Kelly

Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1944-2019)

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Samuel Holt

Irish politician

Thomas William Drumm

Catholic bishop (1871–1933)

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William Pollard-Urquhart

British politician

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Michael Kennedy

Irish politician

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Tommy Ring

Irish hurler

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Michael Cosgrove

Irish hurler

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Killian Cosgrove

Irish hurler

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Shane McGovern

Irish hurler

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Darren McCormack

Irish hurler and Gaelic football player

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Annie Lynch

Irish-Australian Religious and hospital administrator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Westmeath

• Collinstown
  2.4 mi away
• Castlepollard
  2.9 mi away
• Drumcree
  4 mi away
• Crookedwood
  6 mi away
• Coole
  6.6 mi away
• Delvin
  7.2 mi away
• Multyfarnham
  7.7 mi away
• Clonmellon
  8.7 mi away
• Finea
  9.6 mi away
• Ballinalack
  10.6 mi away
• Street
  10.8 mi away
• Mullingar
  11.7 mi away · pop. 22,667

Browse all places in Westmeath →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fore

Medieval Fore, County Westmeath

Rory Masterson · 2014

Annals of Westmeath

Woods, James · 1907

Fore, Co. Westmeath

Harold Graham Leask · 1930

Fore, its history and buildings

Olive Sharkey · 1999

Search results from Open Library.