Glebe, Taghmon Explained

Glebe
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Glebe within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5986°N -7.2592°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:N490612

Glebe is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 9.94km (06.18miles) north–north–east of Mullingar.

Glebe is one of 11 townlands of the civil parish of Taghmon in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 74.02acres.

The neighbouring townlands are: Foxburrow to the north, Taghmon to the south–east, Rathcorbally and Monkstown to the south and Taghmon to the east and north.[1] [2]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 2 houses[3] and 15 inhabitants[4] in the townland.

Glebe was the name given to an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. As a townland name it is repeated many times across the country.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/corkaree/taghmon/glebe/ Glebe Townland, Co. Westmeath
  2. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Glebe&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=any&COUNTY=Westmeath&BARONY=Corkaree&METHOD1=any&PARISH=Taghmon&METHOD2=any&PLU=&METHOD3=any&PROVINCE= Glebe Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Taghmon/Glebe/ Houses in Glebe
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Glebe&ded=Taghmon&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=50 Inhabitants in Glebe
  5. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Glebe&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=any&COUNTY=&BARONY=&METHOD1=any&PARISH=&METHOD2=any&PLU=&METHOD3=any&PROVINCE= Townlands of Ireland containing Glebe in the name
  6. http://www.logainm.ie/en/s?txt=Glebe&str=on Townlands of Ireland named Glebe