Ballymore ()
[ Ballymore civil parish](_blank)
''The Placenames Database of Ireland'' Retrieved on 28 July 2015. is a
civil parish
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in
County Westmeath,
Ireland
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. It is located about west of
Mullingar
Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, with a population of 20,928 in the 2016 census.
The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 proclaimed Westmeath ...
.
Ballymore is one of nine civil parishes in the
barony of
Rathconrath
Rathconrath () is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is situated on the R392 regional road west of Mullingar.
Rathconrath is also one of the baronies in Co. Westmeath, see list of baronies of Ireland.
Public transport
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in the
Province
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of
Leinster
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. The civil parish covers .
Ballymore civil parish comprises the village of
Ballymore and 22
townland
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s:
Ballinlig Lower,
Ballinlig Upper,
Ballymore,
Ballynacorra,
Ballynafearagh,
Calliaghstown,
Carricknagower,
Cloncullen,
Dungolman,
Glebe
Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...
,
Harrystown,
Lugacaha,
Milltown, Moneynamanagh or Umma Beg,
Moyvoughly,
Mullenmeehan,
Newtown,
Raheen,
Shinglis,
Snimnagorta,
Toorevagh,
Umma Beg or Moneynamanagh and
Umma More.
The neighbouring civil parishes are:
Forgney
Forgney () is a civil parish and townland in County Longford, Ireland. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include a number of ringfort and holy well sites in Forgney townland.
Forgney is associated with the poet Oliver Goldsmith, and ...
and
Noughaval (
County Longford) to the north,
Killare to the east,
Ballyloughloe 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 south and
Drumraney
Drumraney (Irish: ''Droim Raithne'') is a village in the County Westmeath, Ireland, just off the R390 regional road between Athlone and Mullingar. It is part of a small parish with a population of approximately 240 which includes the nearby ...
and
Noughaval to the west.
''The IreAtlas Townland Data Base.'' Retrieved on 31 July 2015.
References
External links
Ballymore civil parish
at the IreAtlas Townland Data Base
Ballymore civil parish
at townlands.ie
Ballymore civil parish
at The Placenames Database of Ireland
Civil parishes of County Westmeath
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