Mullingar

History

The town developed at a fording point on the River Brosna. Evidence of ancient settlement within Mullingar include records of a motte-and-bailey castle, a tower house known as Mullingar Castle, a number of fortified houses and several water mills. Former monastic settlements, founded in Mullingar, included the Augustinian Priory of St. Mary (established by the Bishop of Meath in 1227) and a Dominican friary (reputedly established by the Nugent family in 1237). The sites of these two monasteries, which were "dissolved" in the 16th century, were in ruin by the late 17th century.

Most-observed species

• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  209
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  185
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  179
• Eurasian Wren

  Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  157
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  153
• Common Carder Bee

  Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763) · Insecta
  138
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  122
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  122