Slane Beg is a

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 origi ...

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 ...

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. It is located about 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, with a population of 20,928 in the 2016 census. The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 proclaimed Westmeat ...

. Slane Beg is one of 11 townlands of the

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of Dysart 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 ...

Moyashel and Magheradernon Moyashel and Magheradernon () is a barony in the centre of County Westmeath, in the Republic of Ireland, formed by 1672. It is bordered by eight other baronies: Corkaree and Fore (to the north), Delvin and Farbill (to the east), Fartullagh and ...

in the

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

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. The townland covers . The neighbouring townlands are: Johnstown to the north,

Lugnagullagh Lugnagullagh is a townland in County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located about north–west of Mullingar. Lugnagullagh is one of 11 townlands of the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Tyfarnham (civil parish), Tyfarnh ...

and

Ballyboy Ballyboy or Ballaboy () is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. It is about two kilometres east of Kilcormac. Prior to the Plantations of Ireland, Ballyboy was ruled by O'Molloy in a territory known as Firceall which was allied to the Kingdom ...

to the east, Slane More and Parcellstown to the south,

Kildallan Kildallan civil parish is situated in the Barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The name of the parish derives from Kildallan townland which is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Cill Dalláin'' meaning the 'Church of Dallán Forga ...

to the west and

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to the north–west. In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 8 houses and 29 inhabitantsInhabitants in Slane Beg
''Census of Ireland 1911''. Retrieved on 16 September 2015. in the townland.

References

External links

Map of Slane Beg at openstreetmap.orgSlane Beg at The IreAtlas Townland Data BaseSlane Beg at Townlands.ieSlane Beg at the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands of County Westmeath {{Westmeath-geo-stub