Ardnurcher () is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

County Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ...

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. It is located about north–north–west of

Tullamore Tullamore (; ) is the county town of County Offaly in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the Grand Canal (Ireland), Grand Canal, in the middle of the county, and is the fourth most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, midlands reg ...

. Ardnurcher is one of four civil parishes in the

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Kilcoursey Kilcoursey () is a barony in County Offaly (formerly King's County), Republic of Ireland. Etymology The name Kilcoursey is from Kilcoursey Castle (also called Lehinch Castle; near Clara), which is named for Kilcoursey townland (Irish ''Cill Chu ...

in the

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Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...

. The civil parish covers . It is contiguous with the majority of the Ardnurcher civil parish, which is in

County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces o ...

. Ardnurcher civil parish, County Offaly comprises 14 townlands: Ardnurcher Glebe, Attiblaney, Ballykilleen, Ballynakill Beg, Ballynakill Little,

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, Cappydonnell Big, Cappydonnell Little, Cloncraff, Dunard, Kilmalady Big, Kilmalady Little, Russagh and Tully. The neighbouring civil parishes are: Ardnurcher, or Horseleap (

) to the north and east, Kilbride to the south, Kilmanaghan to the south and west and

Kilcumreragh Kilcumreragh () is a civil parish which spans the counties of Westmeath and Offaly in Ireland. It is located about west–south–west of Mullingar and north–north–west of Tullamore. Kilcumreragh also spans three baronies. It is one of 8 ci ...

to the west and north.Ardnurcher civil parish, County Offaly
''The IreAtlas Townland Data Base.'' Retrieved on 18 July 2015.

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External links

Ardnurcher civil parish
at the IreAtlas Townland Data Base
Ardnurcher civil parish
at townlands.ie
Ardnurcher civil parish
at The Placenames Database of Ireland Civil parishes of County Offaly {{Offaly-geo-stub