Faughalstown (),
[Faughalstown civil parish](_blank)
''The Placename Database of Ireland.'' Retrieved on 19 July 2015. is a
civil parish
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in
County Westmeath,
Ireland
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. It is located about north of
Mullingar.
Faughalstown is one of 8 civil parishes in the
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of
Fore in the
Province
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of
Leinster
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. The civil parish covers .
Faughalstown civil parish comprises 20 townlands:
Ballybeg,
Derrynagarragh, Faughalstown,
Froghanstown,
Gartlandstown,
Grangestown,
Kiltoom,
Milltown,
Ranahinch,
Ringstown,
Streamstown
Streamstown () is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland. It sits roughly 20 km from the county town of Mullingar. Streamstown was historically called ''Ballintruhan'', which is an anglicisation of its Irish name.
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and
Templanstown.
The neighbouring civil parishes are:
Mayne and
Rathgarve to the north,
Kilpatrick and
St. Feighin's to the east and
Taghmon to the south.
''The IreAtlas Townland Database.'' Retrieved on 19 July 2015
References
External links
Faughalstown civil parish
at the IreAtlas Townland Data Base
Faughalstown civil parish
at townlands.ie
Faughalstown civil parish
at The Placename Database of Ireland
Civil parishes of County Westmeath
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