Located just one hour and 15 minutes from Dublin, ​​Castlepollard is a historic and bustling town, flanked by unspoilt Irish countryside yet with all the connections needed to make it a desirable place to live and to work.

This website has been commissioned by Castlepollard Local Development - in conjunction with Westmeath County Council and Westmeath Community Development - to promote our local community & economy, celebrate our heritage and to share our vision for the future.

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Business

Look up information on local shops & services in our business directory.

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Community

Discover opportunities to meet and share your interests or to enjoy local sports.

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DIARY

Find out what's happening around town.

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Tourism

Use Castlepollard as a base to explore all that North Westmeath has to offer.

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Community Climate Action Fund

Click to view the Westmeath County Council presentation on the Community Climate Action Fund.
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St. Peter's Hospital, Castlepollard

St Peter’s Should Be Repurposed As Training centre

The St Peter’s site in Castlepollard would be the perfect location for a national education and training centre, a local councillor has suggested.
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Castlepollard Sustainable Energy Community

PRESS RELEASE - Sustainable Energy Community 

Click to view a Press Release from Castlepollard SEC.
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Explore North Westmeath

We are pleased to share details of local meetings and events, plus a selection of the many unique and interesting places you can explore when you choose Castlepollard as your home away from home.  

Reading: "A Christmas Carol"
Reading: "A Christmas Carol"
18/12/2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
This event is being organised by Castlepollard Library
It will take place at Castlepollard Library
Mullingar Road

Join us in Castlepollard Library for a reading of the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol” on Monday, 18th December at 4:00 pm.

DMA Present Ficino Ensemble
DMA Present Ficino Ensemble
25/01/2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
This event is being organised by Derravaragh Music Association
It will take place at Tullynally Castle
Castlepollard

Formed in 2013, Ficino Ensemble is an acclaimed chamber music group known for programming a breadth of musical styles.

Town Team Information Meeting
Town Team Information Meeting
25/01/2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
This event is being organised by Westmeath County Council
It will take place at Castle Varagh Hotel
The Square

Westmeath County Council is inviting members of the public to get involved in the preparation and formation programme for the establishment of a Castlepollard Town Team.

DMA Present Hugh Tinney
DMA Present Hugh Tinney
17/02/2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
This event is being organised by Derravaragh Music Association
It will take place at Tullynally Castle
Castlepollard

Much loved by DMA audiences, Hugh has made a major contribution to Irish concert life for over thirty years.

DMA Present Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán and Amadeus Wiesensee
DMA Present Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán and Amadeus Wiesensee
09/03/2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
This event is being organised by Derravaragh Music Association
It will take place at Tullynally Castle
Castlepollard

The DMA in association with Music Network presents Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán, Amadeus Wiesensee.

Tullynally Castle
& Gardens

Fore Valley

Fore Distillery

Lough Lene

Multyfarnham
Friary

Mullaghmeen Forest

Castlepollard Local Development has been part funded by Westmeath Local Community Development Committee, Department of Rural and Community Development under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas, and EU Recovery Instrument Funding under Rural Development (LEADER) Programme 2014-2022.