Streamstown () is a village in County Westmeath,

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. It sits roughly 20 km from the county town 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 ...

. Streamstown was historically called ''Ballintruhan'', which is an anglicisation of its Irish name. A horse named '' Streamstown'' competed in the

2002 Grand National The 2002 Grand National (officially known as the Martell Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 155th official renewal of the Grand National steeplechase that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 6 April 2002. ...

Steeplechase, finishing in ninth place. Streamstown railway station opened on 1 August 1851 and finally closed on 17 June 1963. Midland Great Western Railway from Athlone to Mullingar formed part of the main route between Dublin, County Galway and County Mayo until 1987, when Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) closed the line and severing the rail link between Athlone and Mullingar. This section of rail line has since been developed into the

Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway The Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway (also known as ''Old Rail Trail'') is a long-distance cycling and walking trail in County Westmeath, which forms a section of the Dublin-Galway Greenway. It is a 42 kilometres long rail-trail over the disused ...

, which opened in October 2015. Streamstown has a fox hunting club called the Streamstown Harriers, affiliated with the Irish Masters of Harriers Association.

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

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