Loughanstown, Portnashangan Explained

Loughanstown
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Loughanstown within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5861°N -7.3536°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:N428597

Loughanstown is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 6.83km (04.24miles) north of Mullingar.

Loughanstown is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portnashangan in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 357acres. The southern boundary of the townland includes the majority of Scragh Bog.

The neighbouring townlands are: Down and Rathlevanagh to the north, Garrysallagh to the east, Ballynagall to the south and Portnashangan to the west.[1] [2]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 12 houses[3] and 50 inhabitants[4] in the townland.

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Notes and References

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