Rathowen
Ráth Eoghain | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 St Thomas' Church | |
  Rathowen Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°39′36″N 7°31′12″W / 53.66000°N 7.52000°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Westmeath |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Longford–Westmeath |
| • EU Parliament | Midlands–North-West |
| Population (2022)[1] | 187 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N317678 |
Rathowen (Irish: Ráth Eoghain, meaning 'Eoghan's ringfort')[2] is a small village in County Westmeath, Ireland, on the N4 national primary route. Rathowen was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[3] at which time it had a population of 150 people.[4] The population increased to 187 at the 2022 census.[1]
The village is around 20 km northwest of Mullingar, 20 km southeast of Longford Town, and 100 km northwest of Dublin city centre.
- ^ a b "Census Mapping – Rathowen". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Ráth Eoghain / Rathowen". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Rathowen
- ^ "Rathowen (Census Town) Ireland". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 August 2021.