Cappagh () is a
townland
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in
County Westmeath
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, Ireland. It is located about north–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 ...
.
Cappagh is one of 9 townlands of the
civil parish
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of
Russagh in the
barony Barony may refer to:
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of
Moygoish
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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 townland covers . Cappagh contained a small lake Lough Garr and Crane Island. The area is now drained.
The neighbouring townlands are:
Culvin to the north,
Garriskil to the north–east,
Ballyharney to the east,
Grange
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Buildings
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* The Grange (Toronto), Toronto, Ontario, built in 1817
* Monastic grange, a farming estate belonging to ...
to the south–east,
Carrick and
Ballinalack to the south,
Joanstown to the south–west and
Corrydonnellan and
Barratogher to the north–west.
In the
1911 census of Ireland there were 11 houses and 60 inhabitants
Inhabitants in Cappagh
''Census of Ireland 1911''. Retrieved on 10 September 2015. in the townland.
References
External links
Map of Cappagh at openstreetmap.orgCappagh at the IreAtlas Townland Data BaseCappagh at Townlands.ieCappagh at The Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands of County Westmeath
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