Dead Centre of Ireland: official middle of Ireland?

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Does anyone know where is the official middle of Ireland - or dead centre (and please no graveyards)
 
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My understanding was that in terms of physical geography, the term 'dead centre' was really just an idiom - can you literally have such a thing on an irregularly shaped land mass?
 
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You could try balancing Ireland on a point of a needle. Mountains may skew your result.
 
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I always thought that Birr Co. Offally held the title. I even think that there is a monument in the town stating this?
 
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Traditionally said to be...

1. an oak-wooded island in Lough Key, near Boyle
2. a miniature tower just outside Glasson, near Athlone
3. Breffni Park
... & probably many other places.
 
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Geographical Centres
  • The geographical centre of Ireland is to be found in eastern county Roscommon, at a point 3km (2 miles) south of Athlone town.
  • The centre of Ulster is in county Tyrone, at a point 20km (14 miles) east of Omagh town, near the village of Pomeroy.
  • The centre of Munster is in the north of county Cork, at a point 9km (6 miles) south-west of the village of Rath Luirc.
  • The centre of Leinster is in western county Kildare, at a point 5km (3 miles) south-west of Kildare town.
  • The centre of Connaught is in county Mayo, 6km (4 miles) south-east of the pilgrim village of Knock.
  • The centre of Northern Ireland is in eastern county Tyrone, at a point 6km (4 miles) south-east of the town of Cookstown.
  • The centre of the Republic of Ireland is in south-eastern county Galway, at a point 3km (2 miles) south-west of the village of Eyrecourt.

http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/geography/extremities.html
 
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The spot where the spire stands on O'Connell St in Dublin is the spiritual centre of Ireland - the modern version of the standing stone in ancient Tara.
 
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This is the same idea as a centre of gravity or a centroid.

According to the Ordnance Survey:

Geographical Center of Ireland

Where the 8° Meridian West meets the 53° - 30' North Latitude in the townland of Carnagh East Co. Roscommon. On the western shore of Lough Ree, opposite the Cribby Islands and 5.5 miles N.N.W of Athlone Town.

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Always heard it said that the Catstone just off the Athlone/Mullingar road was the point that our ancesters believed was the true centre for hundreds of years...
 
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The ancient Hill of Berries (circular plantation of ancient trees) about one mile out the Roscommon road from centre of Athlone- has forever in history been said to be the dead centre of Ireland!
go see it!! (legend/story)
 
It seems to be safe enough to pick anywhere and you can up with your own reasons to prove it ....
 
Now that Biffo is boss, the midlands IS the centre of the universe.

I notice that projects in Roscrea that have been decades in the wings recentley got started ( leisure centre )

It looks like Dublin North wont be getting a traffic lightbulb changed for the next four years..........
 

...except that Roscrea isn't in Biffo's constituency. It isn't even in the same province
 
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