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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Westmeath

Knockeyon Hill and Lough Derravagh by Jeanne dArc
Knockeyon Hill and Lough Derravagh, County Westmeath, © 2007, Jeanne dArc
COUNTY WESTMEATH

Irish Name: An Iarmhí
Nickname: The Lake County
Motto: Triath ós Triathaibh (Noble above nobility)
County Town: Mullingar
Province: Leinster
Region: South-East

Tartan: The County Westmeath tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in green, blue, and red, with black and yellow accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Westmeath Tartan

County Westmeath Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Byrne, Carey, Dalton, Daly, Duffy, Dunne, Farrell, Flynn, Kelly, Leavy, Lynch, McCormick, Murray, Murtagh, O'Neill, Reilly, Smith, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Carey, Coffey, Daly, Dillon, Kelly, Kenny, O'Farrell, Murphy, Nugent, O'Reilly, Reilly

Next page: County Wexford

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Westmeath tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Knockeyon Hill and Lough Derravagh, County Westmeath, 2007, Jeanne dArc, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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