Culleen More () is a townland 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 ...

, Ireland. It is located about north of Mullingar. Culleen More is one of 64 townlands of the civil parish of Mullingar in the

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

of Moyashel and Magheradernon in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers . The western boundary of the townland is formed by the shoreline of Lough Owel. The N4, a national primary road connecting Dublin with the north–west of Ireland and the coastal town of

Sligo Sligo ( ; ga, Sligeach , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of approximately 20,000 in 2016, it is the List of urban areas ...

, passes to the east of Lough Owel and traverses the townland from southeast to northwest. The

Dublin–Sligo railway line The Dublin to Sligo main line is a railway route operated by Iarnród Éireann in Ireland. It starts in Dublin Connolly station, terminating at Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station in Sligo. The route is a double-track railway as far as Maynooth, ...

of the national rail company

Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann () or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal InterCity, Commuter, DART and fr ...

, carrying the Dublin to

Longford Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...

commuter service and the Dublin to

intercity service, also passes through the townland. Railway crossing - geograph

The neighbouring townlands are:

Portnashangan Portnashangan () is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about north–north–west of Mullingar. Portnashangan is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portnashangan in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster ...

and

Ballynagall Baile na nGall (Irish, meaning "town of the foreigners), unofficially anglicized as "Ballydavid", is a Gaeltacht village in the Ard na Caithne region of the Dingle Peninsula of County Kerry, Ireland. As the 2003 Official Languages Act revoked ...

to the north, Brockagh to the north–east,

Culleen Beg Culleen Beg () is a townland in the parish of Mullingar and the barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon, County Westmeath, Ireland. Located north of Mullingar town, the townland borders Culleen More Culleen More () is a townland in County Westmea ...

to the south–east, Robinstown (Levinge), Ballyglass and Irishtown to the south and Farranistick to the south–west. In the

1911 census of Ireland The 1911 Census of Ireland was the last census that covered the whole island of Ireland. Censuses were taken at ten-year intervals from 1821 onwards, but the 1921 census was cancelled due to the Irish War of Independence. The original records o ...

there were 32 houses and 159 inhabitantsInhabitants in Culleen More
''Census of Ireland 1911''. Retrieved on 17 September 2015. in the townland.

References

External links

Map of Culleen More townland at openstreetmap.orgCulleen More at the IreAtlas Townland Data BaseCulleen More at Townlands.ieCulleen More at the Placenames Database of Ireland
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht {{Westmeath-geo-stub Townlands of County Westmeath