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.