Meedin (), also Meedian, is a village and townland in County Westmeath,

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. It is located in the south of the county on the

N52 road The N52 road is a national secondary road in Ireland. It links the M7 motorway from just south of Nenagh, County Tipperary to the M1 motorway north of Dundalk in County Louth. The route forms a connection between the north east of Ireland and th ...

, to the north of

Tyrrellspass Tyrrellspass (, IPA: �bʲaləxˈanˠˈtʲɪɾʲiəliː is a Georgian village in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is from Dublin, in the south of the county on the R446 (formerly the N6) road. Tyrrellspass won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition i ...

and

Rochfortbridge Rochfortbridge () is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland. The village is located at the intersection of the R400 and the R446 (formerly the N6) roads. As of the 2016 census, the population of Rochfortbridge was 1,473. History Rochfortbri ...

and to the south of

Mullingar Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, with a population of 20,928 in the 2016 census. The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 proclaimed Westmeath ...

. The village contains a 19th-century church, dating back to 1831, dedicated to the Sacred Heart.

People

Tomás Malone Tomás Malone (1896-1981) was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army (IRA), and later a schoolteacher. He was once described by Irish Free State Army general Richard Mulcahy as ‘''the most dangerous man in Munster''’. Early life Malone ...

, Irish War of Independence veteran * Séamas Ó Maoileoin, Irish War of Independence veteran * Seosamh Ó Mhaoileoin, president of

Republican Sinn Fein Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

*Fr Timothy Shanley, Catholic priest

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Towns and villages in County Westmeath {{Westmeath-geo-stub

People

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