Streamstown, County Westmeath
Streamstown
Baile an tSrutháin | |
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Village | |
  Streamstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°26′29″N7°34′33″W/ 53.441525°N 7.575873°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Westmeath |
| Elevation | 128 m (420 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 519[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+0(WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1(IST(WEST)) |
| Eircoderouting key | N91 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)90 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N282435 |
Streamstown(Irish:Baile an tSrutháin) is a village inCounty Westmeath,Ireland.It sits roughly 20 km from the county town ofMullingar.Streamstown was historically calledBallintruhan,which is an anglicisation of its Irish name.[2]
The village is now in decline but once housed a thriving shop and post office, as well as a handball alley and pub. A motor garage was housed in a former blacksmith shop.
A horse namedStreamstowncompeted in the2002 Grand NationalSteeplechase,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 theAthlone to Mullingar Cycleway,which opened in October 2015.
Streamstown has a fox hunting club called the Streamstown Harriers, affiliated with theIrish Masters of Harriers Association.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Population increases could have political ramifications".
- ^Placenames Database of Ireland(see archival records)
- ^Field, The Irish."Best day's hunting yet with Streamstown Harriers".theirishfield.ie.Retrieved6 February2017.
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