Abbeyland | |
Settlement Type: | Townland |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Abbeyland within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.6308°N -7.3469°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Leinster |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | County Westmeath |
Blank Name: | Irish grid reference |
Blank Info: | N400644 |
Abbeyland is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 12km (07miles) north of Mullingar.
Abbeyland is one of 14 townlands of the civil parish of Multyfarnham in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 76.22acres.
The neighbouring townlands are: Multyfarnham to the north and eastRathganny to the south and Ballynaclonagh to the west and north–west.[1] [2]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 2 listings for Multyfarnham Friary in Abbeyland; one for 11 Franciscan clergymen and lay-brothers[3] and one for 20 students aged between 14 and 22 years.[4]