Portnashangan Explained

Portnashangan
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Portnashangan within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5836°N -7.3736°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:N415594

Portnashangan [1] is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 6.81km (04.23miles) north–north–west of Mullingar.

Portnashangan is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portnashangan in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 498acres. About half of the eastern boundary of the townland includes a strip of Scragh Bog approximately 50m wide.

The neighbouring townlands are: Ballynafid, Knightswood and Rathlevanagh to the north, Loughanstown to the east and Ballynagall, County Westmeath|]] and Culleen More to the south.[2] [3]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 17 houses[4] and 67 inhabitants[5] in the townland.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.logainm.ie/52115.aspx Portnashangan civil parish
  2. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/corkaree/portnashangan/portnashangan/ Portnashangan Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Portnashangan&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=exact&COUNTY=&BARONY=&METHOD1=exact&PARISH=&METHOD2=exact&PLU=&METHOD3=exact&PROVINCE=Leinster Portnashangan Townland, Co. Westmeath
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Woodland/Portnashangan/ Houses in Portnashangan
  5. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Westmeath&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Portnashangan&ded=Woodland&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=100 Inhabitants in Portnashangan