Piercetown ()
[Piercetown civil parish](_blank)
''The Placenames Database of Ireland.'' Retrieved on 2 August 2015. is a
civil parish
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in
County Westmeath
County Westmeath (; or simply ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of ...
, Ireland. It is located about west–north–west of
Mullingar
Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, Midland Region, with a population of 22,667 in the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census.
The Counties of M ...
. It was formerly often spelled Pierstown.
Piercetown is one of 9 civil parishes in the
barony Barony may refer to:
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of
Rathconrath in the
province
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of
Leinster
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The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...
. The civil parish covers .
Piercetown civil parish comprises 16
townland
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s:
Aghnabohy,
Ballincurra,
Ballymaglavy,
Curraghboy,
Fiveacres,
Glebe
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,
Kilgawny,
Kilphierish,
Malthousepark,
Piercetown,
Rath (Malone),
Rathcogue,
Relick (Longworth),
Relick (Malone),
Williamstown and
Williamstown New.
The neighbouring civil parishes are:
Kilmacnevan to the north,
Rathconrath to the east,
Ballymorin to the south,
Templepatrick
Templepatrick (; ) is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is northwest of Belfast, and halfway between the towns of Ballyclare and Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim. It is also close to Belfa ...
to the south–west and
Abbeyshrule and
Forgney (both
County Longford
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) to the north–west.
''The IreAtlas Townland Data Base.'' Retrieved on 2 August 2015.
References
Civil parishes of County Westmeath
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