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Portnashangan

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Country
  
Republic of Ireland

Irish grid reference
  
N415594

County
  
County Westmeath

Province
  
Leinster

Portnashangan

Portnashangan (Irish: Port na Seangán) is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 6.81 kilometres (4 mi) north–north–west of Mullingar.

Map of Portnashangan, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

Portnashangan is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portnashangan in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 498 acres (2.02 km2). About half of the eastern boundary of the townland includes a strip of Scragh Bog approximately 50m wide.

The neighbouring townlands are: Ballynafid, Knightswood and Rathlevanagh to the north, Loughanstown to the east and Ballynagall, County Westmeath|]] and Culleen More to the south.

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 17 houses and 67 inhabitants in the townland.

References

Portnashangan Wikipedia