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Westmeath
County Westmeath · Leinster

About Glassan

Glassan, Glasán in Irish, is a village in County Westmeath, 82 km east of Galway. It stands on the N55. The map gives it 186 buildings and 2 named streets, with 14 places named on them in 23 kinds, and 74 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 34th largest of the 38 settlements this site covers in County Westmeath.

Where
82 km east of Galway, 107 km from Dublin
Position
53.4698° N, 7.8638° W
Roads
N55
Governed
Westmeath County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
186 buildings, 2 streets, 14 named places in 23 kinds
The Pigeon House near Glasson, Co. Westmeath. Originally part of the estate surrounding Waterstown House. Caraun Hill is in the background.
The Pigeon House near Glasson, Co. Westmeath. Originally part of the estate surrounding Waterstown House. Caraun Hill is in the background.·Tomásdearg92, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Glassan, County Westmeath, near to Glasan, Westmeath, Ireland. Main St.
Glassan, County Westmeath, near to Glasan, Westmeath, Ireland. Main St.·sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Westmeath since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

141,30052,86196,22118412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 74 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N55 running through Glassan.

By bus or train

1 line calls at 2 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Glassan?
In County Westmeath, in the province of Leinster, 82 km east of Galway and 107 km from Dublin, on the N55.
How big is Glassan?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 186 buildings, 2 named streets and 14 named places, which by building count makes it the 34th largest of the 38 settlements this site covers in County Westmeath.
What is there to see in Glassan?
74 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Bunown Castle, Robins Lough and Lady Well.
How do you get to Glassan?
1 bus and train line calls at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann.
Has County Westmeath grown or shrunk?
The census counted 141,300 people in the county in 1841 and 96,221 in 2022.
186
buildings on the model
2
named streets
14
named places
23
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata. County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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