Wattstown, County Westmeath Explained

Wattstown
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Wattstown within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.5744°N -7.4244°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:N381584

Wattstown is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 7.64km (04.75miles) north–west of Mullingar.

Wattstown is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portloman in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 282.11acres. The neighbouring townlands are: Balrath to the north, Portloman to the south, Monroe to the south, Monroe or Johnstown (Nugent) to the south–west, Ballyedward to the west, Johnstown to the west and Piercefield or Templeoran to the north–west.[1] [2] The north–eastern boundary of the townland is formed by the shoreline of Lough Owel.

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 6 houses[3] and 22 inhabitants[4] in the townland.

Two barrows in the townland are listed as national monuments.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/corkaree/portloman/wattstown/ Wattstown Townland, Co. Westmeath
  2. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Wattstown&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=any&COUNTY=Westmeath&BARONY=Corkaree&METHOD1=any&PARISH=Portloman&METHOD2=any&PLU=&METHOD3=any&PROVINCE= Wattstown Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Portloman/Wattstown/ Houses in Balrath
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Westmeath&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Wattstown&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 Balrath
  5. http://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-westmeath.pdf National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship - Westmeath