Piercefield, County Westmeath Explained

Piercefield
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Kilpatrick within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5925°N -7.4497°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:N365604

Piercefield [1] is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 10km (10miles) north–west of Mullingar. The name Piercefield also applies to the neighbouring townland of Piercefield (or Templeoran).

Piercefield is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portnashangan, in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 255acres. The neighbouring townlands are: Farrow and Rathbennett to the north, Grangegeeth and Mountmurray to the east and Piercefield (or Templeoran) to the south.[2] [3]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 3 houses[4] and 15 inhabitants[5] in the townland.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.logainm.ie/51960.aspx Piercefield Townland
  2. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/corkaree/portnashangan/piercefield/ Piercefield Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Piercefield&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=exact&COUNTY=&BARONY=&METHOD1=exact&PARISH=Portnashangan&METHOD2=exact&PLU=&METHOD3=exact&PROVINCE= Piercefield Townland, Co. Westmeath
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Portloman/Piercefield/ Houses in Piercefield
  5. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=1&firstname=&county19011911=Westmeath&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Piercefield&ded=Portloman&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 Piercefield