Knockdrin, Taghmon Explained

Knockdrin
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Knockdrin within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5761°N -7.3022°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:N462586

Knockdrin [1] is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 6.34km (03.94miles) north–north–east of Mullingar.

Knockdrin spans the civil parishes of Taghmon and Tyfarnham. It is one of the 11 townlands in Taghmon and one of the 11 townlands in Tyfarnham, both in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers approximately 71acres in Taghmon and 58acres in Tyfarnham, a total of 129acres.

The neighbouring townlands are: Garraree, Knockatee and Toberaquill to the north, Brittas to the east, Knockdrin Demesne to the south andKilmaglish to the north–west.[2] [3]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 8 houses[4] and 39 inhabitants[5] in the townland.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.logainm.ie/51840.aspx Knockdrin Townland
  2. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/corkaree/knockdrin/ Knockdrin Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Knockdrin&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=any&COUNTY=Westmeath&BARONY=Corkaree&METHOD1=any&PARISH=&METHOD2=any&PLU=&METHOD3=any&PROVINCE= Knockdrin Townland, Co. Westmeath
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Knockdrin/Knockdrin/ Houses in Knockdrin
  5. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Westmeath&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Knockdrin&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=50 Inhabitants in Knockdrin