the county town of Westmeath, and province of Leinster, in Ireland, 38 miles from Dublin. Mullingar Dublin. N. Lat. 53° 30'. W. Long. 7° 50'. Within a few miles of it are the ruins of the church, and also those of a castle. It is situated on the river Fcyle. It holds a great wool fair, and is a place of good trade. In 1227, the priory of St Mary, formerly known by the name of The House of God of Mullingar, was founded here by Ralph de Petry bishop of Meath, for regular canons of the order of St Augustin. A Dominican friary was also founded here in 1237 by the family of Nugent; some ruins of which still remain. In 1622, the friars of Multifarnham began to erect a house there for friars of the order of St Francis, but it was never completed.