Churchtown ()Churchtown civil parish
''The Placenames Database of Ireland.'' Retrieved on 2 August 2015. 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 authorit ...

in County Westmeath,

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It is located about west–south–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 ...

. Churchtown is one of 9 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 Bus Éirean ...

in the

Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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 ...

. The civil parish covers . Churchtown civil parish comprises 16

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

s: Ballynafearagh, Balrath, Churchtown, Clontinteen, Coyne, Crissaun, Croughal, Dundonnell, Glomerstown, Jamestown, Milltown, Nicholastown, Rathcore, Redmondstown, Rogerstown and Taghboyne. The neighbouring civil parishes are:

to the north–east, Dysart to the east,

Castletownkindalen Castletownkindalen () is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about south–west of Mullingar. Castletownkindalen is one of 8 civil parishes in the barony of Moycashel in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers ...

to the south, Conry to the west and

to the north–west.Churchtown civil parish, Co. Westmeath
''The IreAtlas Townland Data Base.'' Retrieved on 2 August 2015.

References

External links

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