Rathbennett | |
Settlement Type: | Townland |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rathbennett within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.6022°N -7.4383°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: | N372615 |
Rathbennett is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 11km (07miles) north–west of Mullingar.
Rathbennett is one of 15 townlands of the civil parish of Leny in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 333acres. The neighbouring townlands are: Leny and Rathaniska to the north, Kilpatrick to the east, Mountmurray and Piercefield to the south and Farrow to the west.[1] [2]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 11 houses[3] and 44 inhabitants[4] in the townland.