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Piercetown, County Westmeath (civil parish)

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Country
  
Republic of Ireland

Irish grid reference
  
N251568

County
  
County Westmeath

Province
  
Leinster

Piercetown, County Westmeath (civil parish)

Piercetown (Irish: Baile Phiarais) is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 18.69 kilometres (12 mi) west–north–west of Mullingar.

Map of Piercetown, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

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.

References

Piercetown, County Westmeath (civil parish) Wikipedia