Killinure Point

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Killinure Point is postally in the Townland of Glasson (or Glassan) in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is the South Western peninsula of the larger area of Killinure. Killinure Point is situated at the SouthEastern end of Lough Ree which is on the River Shannon surrounded on 3 sides by water. The Point is on the mouth of the Inner Lakes namely Killinure Lough, Coosan Lough and Ballykeeran Lough. It is roughly 0.2 km from Coosan Point(by line of sight) which is the opposite side of the narrow waterway forming the mouth of the 'Inner Lakes'. However to circumnavigate the Inner Lakes by roadway is a trip of almost 15 km(approx). This resulted in Killinure Point being a natural point for crossing the water to reduce the distance greatly on the journey into Athlone town(being approx. 5km from Coosan Point) for people from Killinure and surrounding areas before the invention of motorised vehicles.

There was a ferry service at Killinure Point operating for many years which ended only after a tragedy during the 1800s (unsure of axact date) in which several people were drowned. The land at killinure Point was the property of the local Waterston (or Waterstown) House Landlord originally granted in the Cromwellian era (see: http://mickcoplen.com/History/Waterston/Waterston.htm) until it eventually changed into private hands in the late 1800s. The name Killinure derives from the Gaelic/Irish for the 'Church of the Yew Tree'.