Baile na gCailleach

Baile na gCailleach (Collinstown) derives its name from a convent of nuns established on an island in Lough Lene, with 'baile' meaning townland and 'cailleach' referring to veiled women or hags. The village lies within St Feighin's Civil Parish and Fore Barony in north Westmeath, an area of exceptional ecclesiastical significance. Saint Féichín founded the major monastic settlement at Fore arou...