Piercetown, County Westmeath (civil parish)

Piercetown (Irish: Baile Phiarais)[1] is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 18.69 kilometres (12 mi) west–north–west of Mullingar. It was formerly often spelled Pierstown.

Piercetown

Baile Phiarais
Civil parish
Piercetown
Location of Piercetown within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates: 53°33′40″N 7°37′14″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Westmeath
Irish grid referenceN251568

Piercetown is one of 9 civil parishes in the barony of Rathconrath in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 3,695.8 acres (14.956 km2).

Piercetown civil parish comprises 16 townlands: Aghnabohy, Ballincurra, Ballymaglavy, Curraghboy, Fiveacres, Glebe, 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 to the south–west and Abbeyshrule and Forgney (both County Longford) to the north–west.[1][2][3]

References
  1. Piercetown civil parish The Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved on 2 August 2015.
  2. Piercetown civil parish, Co. Westmeath townlands.ie Retrieved on 2 August 2015.
  3. Piercetown civil parish, Co. Westmeath The IreAtlas Townland Data Base. Retrieved on 2 August 2015.


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