Mountmurray | |
Settlement Type: | Townland |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Mountmurray within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.5911°N -7.4267°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: | N380603 |
Mountmurray, formerly Ballinsellot, is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 9km (06miles) north–west of Mullingar.
Mountmurray 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 neighbouring townlands are: Kilpatrick and Rathbennett to the north, Balrath to the south and Grangegeeth and Piercefield to the west.[1] [2] The eastern boundary of the townland is formed by the shoreline of Lough Owel.
Mount Murray, a late eighteenth century country house, was built for Alexander Murray to replace an earlier house or castle dating from 1646.[3]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 4 houses[4] and 26 inhabitants[5] in the townland.