Monroe | |
Settlement Type: | Townland |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Monroe within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.57°N -7.4286°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: | N378579 |
Monroe is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 7.49km (04.65miles) north–west of Mullingar.
Monroe is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portloman in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 167acres. The neighbouring townlands are: Wattstown to the north, Portloman to the east, Scurlockstown to the south, Monroe or Johnstown (Nugent) to the west and Johnstown to the north–west.[1] [2]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 3 houses[3] and 11 inhabitants[4] in the townland.