Kilbeggan
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Kilbeggan Cill Bheagáin
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Kilbeggan Distillery
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 Kilbeggan
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| Coordinates: 53°21′49″N 7°29′55″W / 53.3636°N 7.4985°WCoordinates: 53°21′49″N 7°29′55″W / 53.3636°N 7.4985°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Westmeath |
| Dáil Éireann | Westmeath |
| EU Parliament | East |
| Elevation | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,199 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N330357 |
Kilbeggan (Irish: Cill Bheagáin, meaning "The church of Bécán") is the main town in Barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath, Ireland.
Kilbeggan is situated on the River Brosna, in the south of County Westmeath. It lies south of Lough Ennell, and Castletown Geoghegan, north of the boundary with County Offaly, about 9 kilometres north of Tullamore. Kilbeggan is surrounded by the gently rolling Esker Riada, the linear sand hills that stretch across the Irish midlands, which were left by retreating glaciers at the end of the last ice age. It is famous as the location of the oldest recorded incidence of a tornado in Europe.
Kilbeggan comprises 29 townlands: Aghamore, Aghuldred, Ardnaglew,Ballinderry Big, Ballinderry Little, Ballinwire, Ballymacmorris, Ballynasudder, Ballyoban, Brownscurragh, Camagh,Clonaglin, Coola, Demesne or Mearsparkfarm, Grange and Kiltober, Grangegibbon, Greenan, Guigginstown,Hallsfarm, Kilbeggan, Kilbeggan North, Kilbeggan South, Kiltober / Kiltubber and Grange, Loughanagore, Meadowpark,Meeldrum, Meeniska, Meersparkfarm or Demesne, Shureen and Ballynasuddery, Skeahanagh, Stonehousefarmand Tonaphort.
The neighbouring civil parishes are: Castletown kindalen to the north, Newtown to the east, Rahugh to the east and south, Durrow to the south and Ardnurcher or Horseleap to the west.[2][3 The inhabitants of Kilbeggan have been attempting to have the Kilbeggan branch of the Grand canal restored at the junction of Murphy's bridge to Kilbeggan harbour.
The N6 - the main route between Dublin and Galway - originally passed through Kilbeggan, meeting the N52 in the town centre. Both the N6 and N52 have been re-routed to bypass the town to the south, with the road through the centre now reclassified as the R446 regional road. Kilbeggan being situated on the main Dublin - Galway route means it has an efficient public transport system to these main cities. A townlink servive also connects the main surrounding towns such as Mullingar and Tullamore. It is the first Westmeath town that Kearns transport stops in on route to Dublin.
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