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The small village of Castletown Geoghegan in Westmeath (population 141) is set to accommodate 244 asylum seekers at Middleton Park, making them 63% of the village's inhabitants overnight. The community is said to be “shocked and outraged”.

It's unclear which variety of asylum seekers locals are to be made a minority in their village with.

The picture (possibly a stock image) accompanying the report shows army tents, but Middleton Park is another one of these old Georgian Houses (built in 1850). The 28-bedroom mansion once belonged to British army major George Boyd-Rochfort, grandson of the 2nd earl of Belvedere.

It has 34,000 sq ft of space and features an original Turner conservatory, barrel-vaulted ceilings in the basement and 12 acres of surrounding grounds.

In recent years this country estate has been in use as a restaurant and wedding venue but that venture ceased in 2016 and it fell into disrepair. Restoration work began in 2019 with it featuring on the RTÉ series Great House Revival.

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