Monkstown | |
Settlement Type: | Townland |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Monkstown within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.59°N -7.2689°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: | N484602 |
Monkstown is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 8.79km (05.46miles) north–east of Mullingar.
Monkstown is one of 11 townlands of the civil parish of Taghmon in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 588.81acres.
The neighbouring townlands are: Taghmon and Glebe to the north, Rathcorbally and Downs to the east, Clonkill and Toberaquill to the south, Knockatee to the south–west, Sheefin to the west and Farrancallin to the north–west.[1] [2]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 19 houses[3] and 81 inhabitants[4] in the townland.