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County Westmeath

Lilliput, Lough Ennell

Lilliput, Lough Ennell is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Westmeath, 3.5 km east of Castletown Geoghegan. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it good for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records toilets, parking, bins, recycling, a lifebuoy, first aid and an information board.

Good
water quality, 2025
No
Blue Flag
No
lifeguard
3.5 km
from Castletown Geoghegan
Water quality
Good, 2025
Seasons before
2024 Good, 2023 Good, 2022 Good
Water testing
Tested by the EPA sampled through the season and given a water quality grade
Season restriction
None in place
Pollution after rain
Prone to short term pollution, closed 7 days last season
Awards
None
County
County Westmeath
Managed by
Westmeath County Council
Nearest town
Castletown Geoghegan, 3.5 km east of it, in a straight line
From that town
4.8 km by road, about 10 min drivingor 4.8 km on foot, about 59 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard
No
Toilets
Yes
Parking
Yes
Access
Access to lake shoreline
Dogs
Dogs allowed on lead
Cars on the beach
No
Public transport
No
First aid
Located at nearby Adventure centre
Protected area
Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position
53.4487° N, 7.4340° W
Record changed
2026-04-08
Croinís or "Malachys Island", Lough Ennell, Island home and deathplace of Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (King Malachy II).
Croinís or "Malachys Island", Lough Ennell, Island home and deathplace of Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (King Malachy II).·Ngavigan, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Croinís or "Malachys Island", Lough Ennell, Island home and deathplace of Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (King Malachy II).·Ngavigan, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cherry Island Cherry Island on Lough Ennell, with lower water level now seems to be connected to the shore.
Cherry Island Cherry Island on Lough Ennell, with lower water level now seems to be connected to the shore.·kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cherry Island Cherry Island on Lough Ennell, with lower water level now seems to be connected to the shore.·kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Lilliput is an inland water bathing area located on the shores of Lough Ennell. Lough Ennell supports a diverse aquatic flora. The bathing area is used by the adventure centre to teach children participating in summer camps about water safety and canoeing. The Mullingar Swimming Club hold an annual swim event at the bathing site. The bathing area extends over an area of approximately 55 meters wide and 1OO meters long (c.0.50Ha).

Lilliput Lough Ennell is classified as achieving Good Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Lilliput, Lough Ennell achieved a Good Water Quality rating for the four consecutive years 2022 to 2025. Annual water quality ratings are generally calculated using monitoring results over a four-year period (or for less years in certain circumstances) and are assessed against stringent bacterial limits to protect bather health.

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Lilliput, Lough Ennell is in Castletown Geoghegan, County Westmeath. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. The entrance has not been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

The nearest settlement is Castletown Geoghegan, 3.5 km east of the beach. The register records parking here. Getting to the town is not getting to the beach, so the journey below is worked out to the beach itself and the last stretch on foot is measured rather than left out.
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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Lilliput, Lough Ennell?
The EPA classified it Good for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Lilliput Lough Ennell is classified as achieving Good Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Lilliput, Lough Ennell achieved a Good Water Quality rating for the four consecutive years 2022 to 2025. Annual water quality ratings are generally calculated using monitoring results over a four-year period (or for less years in certain circumstances) and are assessed against stringent bacterial limits to protect bather health. A classification is a record of seasons that have finished; it is not a reading of the water today.
Is swimming restricted at Lilliput, Lough Ennell?
The register records no season-long restriction. That is about the season, not about today: a short notice after heavy rain would not appear here, and this water is recorded as prone to short term pollution. Check with Westmeath County Council before swimming.
Does Lilliput, Lough Ennell have a Blue Flag?
No. A beach without one can still have excellent water: the Blue Flag also asks for facilities, lifeguards and information boards, which a quiet strand may not have.
Is there a lifeguard at Lilliput, Lough Ennell?
No. The register records no lifeguard here, so nobody is watching the water.
How do you get to Lilliput, Lough Ennell without a car?
No stop in the national timetable is within two and a half kilometres of Lilliput, Lough Ennell. That is what the published timetable holds rather than a statement that nothing goes near: services that run on demand, and routes that file no schedule, are not in the feed at all.
Where does this come from?
The Environmental Protection Agency's list of places people swim, which it calls the bathing water register, read on 2026-09-20, where this record was last changed on 2026-04-08. Water quality, awards, lifeguards and facilities are the EPA's own fields, and a field it leaves blank is shown as not recorded rather than as a no. The distance to the nearest town is this site's own measurement, in a straight line.

Water quality, awards, lifeguards, toilets, parking and access are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own fields, from its bathing water register, read 2026-09-20. The classification covers four years of sampling and is not a reading for today: after heavy rain the water can be worse than the classification suggests, and the EPA and the local authority post notices when it is. Positions are the EPA’s grid references, projected to latitude and longitude. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable.

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