Cooksborough Explained

Cooksborough
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Cooksborough within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5381°N -7.2392°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:N504544

Cooksborough [1] is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 7.1km (04.4miles) east of Mullingar.

Cooksborough is one of 34 townlands of the civil parish of Rathconnell in the barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 921.54acres.

The neighbouring townlands are: Cloghanumera, Killynan (Cooke) and Mountrobert to the north, Clonickilvant to the east, Castledown and Wood Down (barony of Farbill) to the south and Macetown to the west.[2] [3]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 9 houses[4] and 47 inhabitants[5] in the townland.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.logainm.ie/51612.aspx Cooksborough Townland, Co. Westmeath
  2. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/moyashel-and-maheradermon/rathconnell/cooksborough/ Cooksborough Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Cooksborough&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=any&COUNTY=Westmeath&BARONY=&METHOD1=any&PARISH=&METHOD2=any&PLU=&METHOD3=any&PROVINCE= Cooksborough Townland, Co. Westmeath
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Cloghan/Cooksborough/ Houses in Cooksborough
  5. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Westmeath&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Cooksborough&ded=&age=&sex=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&nativeCountry=&language=&deafdumb=&houseNumber=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumberDiv=&protNumber=&parish=&barony=&yearsMarried=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familyId=&ageInMonths=&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=100 Inhabitants in Cooksborough