Knightswood, County Westmeath Explained

Knightswood
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Knightswood within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5986°N -7.3722°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:N416611

Knightswood is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 8.6km (05.3miles) north–north–west of Mullingar.

Knightswood is one of 15 townlands of the civil parish of Leny in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 465acres. The neighbouring townlands are: Culleenabohoge and Tyfarnham to the north, Down and Rathlevanagh to the east, Portnashangan to the south and Ballynafid and Culleendarragh to the west.[1] [2]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 19 houses[3] and 57 inhabitants[4] in the townland.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/corkaree/leny/knightswood/ Knightswood Townland, Co. Westmeath
  2. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Kinghtswood&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=exact&COUNTY=Westmeath&BARONY=Corkaree&METHOD1=exact&PARISH=Leny&METHOD2=exact&PLU=&METHOD3=exact&PROVINCE=Leinster Knightswood Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Woodland/Knightswood/ Houses in Knightswood
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Westmeath&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Knightswood&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 Knightswood