Sport
Hurling is the major sport in the area. Castlepollard is home to a successful hurling team who have won the Westmeath Senior Championship on thirteen occasions. 'Pollard are arch-rivals of neighbouring Lough Lene Gaels of Collinstown.
Ballycomoyle (5km away) play in the Junior Gaelic football championship while Castletown Finea Coole Whitehall (CFCW) (13km away) play in the Intermediate championship.
Castlepollard Celtic Football Club, founded in 2004, caters for underage soccer in the area with teams ranging from Under 7's to Under 16's for boys and girls.
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—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
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