Answers to Una's Christmas Quiz

1) The Voice2) Cavan3) Alice in Wonderland4) the microphone John Lennon used when he recorded Imagine5) Just in time for Christmas, eagle eyed twitchers spotted "Star"6) A red squirrel7) Hampshire8) The Gar9) Why Niall Horan of course, our local lad in One Direction. (insert screaming teenage girls here)10) John Joe Nevin11) A model of St Mary's Church which was demolished following the completion of the Cathedral in 1936.12) Days Bazaar13) It is to be found in the smoking area, the sun garden, of the Greville arms, where it is now in two pieces. One part serving as a table and the "broken/half" column in the background. The fountain was removed by the council in 1920s.14) On Castle Street, Mullingar's Presbyterian Church, built in 1821 is too small for its congregation and the building is now on the market.15) Town's first hospital16) Work started on the Royal Canal in 1789 but it was 1806 before the canal was completed as far as Mullingar.17) The offices of the Westmeath Examiner. The bishop of Meath, Dr Nulty is also reported to have said he didn't want two pulpits in the town.18) Mullingar Credit Union. The crest is from the original building which was built as a branch of the Munster and Leinster Bank19) The signal box at Mullingar Railway Station. The signal frame at Mullingar is one of the longest being 65 levers in length.20) The roundabout at St Loman's. The sculpture celebrates the great GAA tradition the town's clubs.21) Earl Street22) Seery Street23) Cabbage Street24) Oliver Plunkett Street and Mary Street25) Taughmon Parish