Pewterware is Mullingar’s best-known export. At the Mullingar Pewter Visitor Centre , you can tour the factory floor (h9.30am-4pm Mon-Thu, 9.30am-3.30pm Fri) and see artisans turning the matt-grey metal into goblets, tankards, candle sticks and objets d’art . The centre is about 6km southeast of Mullingar on the Dublin road (N4).
