Piercetown, County Westmeath (civil parish) explained

Piercetown
Settlement Type:Civil parish
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Piercetown within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5611°N -7.6206°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:N251568

Piercetown [1] is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 18.69km (11.61miles) west–north–west of Mullingar. It was formerly often spelled Pierstown.

Piercetown is one of 9 civil parishes in the barony of Rathconrath in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 3695.8acres.

Piercetown civil parish comprises 16 townlands: Aghnabohy, Ballincurra, Ballymaglavy, Curraghboy, Fiveacres, Glebe, Kilgawny, Kilphierish, Malthousepark, Piercetown, Rath (Malone), Rathcogue, Relick (Longworth), Relick (Malone), Williamstown and Williamstown New.

The neighbouring civil parishes are: Kilmacnevan to the north, Rathconrath to the east, Ballymorin to the south, Templepatrick to the south–west and Abbeyshrule and Forgney (both County Longford) to the north–west.[1] [2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.logainm.ie/2489.aspx Piercetown civil parish
  2. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/piercetown/ Piercetown civil parish, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=any&COUNTY=Westmeath&BARONY=&METHOD1=any&PARISH=Piercetown&METHOD2=any&PLU=&METHOD3=any&PROVINCE= Piercetown civil parish, Co. Westmeath