Donore | |
Settlement Type: | Townland |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Donore within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.6414°N -7.3864°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: | N406658 |
Donore is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 13.24km (08.23miles) north of Mullingar.
Donore is one of 14 townlands of the civil parish of Multyfarnham in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 732.36acres.
The neighbouring townlands are: Ballynakill to the east, Tober to the south–east, Froghanstown and Multyfarnham to the south and Ballynaclonagh and Soho to the west.[1] [2]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 5 houses[3] and 25 inhabitants[4] in the townland.
Donore House, home to the Nugent family, was the largest estate in the area. It was sold to the Land Commission and the main house was demolished in the 1970s.[5] [6]