Mountmurray Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/corkaree/leny/mountmurray/ Mountmurray Townland, Co. Westmeath
  2. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Mountmurray&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=exact&COUNTY=&BARONY=&METHOD1=exact&PARISH=&METHOD2=exact&PLU=&METHOD3=exact&PROVINCE= Mountmurray Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM&regno=15401130 Mount Murray, County Westmeath
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Portloman/Mountmurray/ Houses in Mountmurray
  5. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Westmeath&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Mountmurray&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 Mountmurray