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A programme of conservation works has been completed on the Athlone Town Wall, the local authority confirmed this week.

Westmeath County Council officially launched the new Visit Westmeath Tourism and Heritage App in recent times.

Work is commencing on a documentary video, or series of videos, that will feature memories of life in and around ‘the big houses’ of Westmeath.

Thatched buildings, once typical in Ireland, are now a rare sight.

Westmeath County Council has released a mini-documentary to mark the centenary of the burning of Moydrum Castle, one of the key events of the closing stages of the Irish War of Independence in Westmeath.

Westmeath is known for its lakes, which are one of several types of wetland in the county.

Local Green Party Councillor for Athlone-Moate Municipal District, Cllr Louise Heavin, has welcomed two new heritage initiatives - a survey of barn owls and a survey of thatched buildings across Westmeath, both of which were discussed at the most recent local authority heritage forum meeting.

An awareness of the untold story of the heritage of Lough Ree encouraged members of the local community to establish the Glasson Lough Ree Heritage Group.

Local Fianna Fáil Councillor, Frankie Keena, has formally welcomed a funding allocation from the National Monuments 2020 grant scheme towards the upkeep of the Athlone town walls.

Funded by The Heritage Council through the Irish Walled Towns Network, essential conservation works have been completed on Athlone Town Wall at Court Devenish/Railway View.