Castlelost () is a
civil parish
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in
County Westmeath
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, Ireland. It is located about south of
Mullingar
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The Counties of M ...
.
Castlelost is one of 10 civil parishes in the
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of
Fartullagh 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 civil parish covers .
Castlelost civil parish comprises the village of
Rochfortbridge and 16 townlands:
Castlelost,
Castlelost West,
Clontytallon,
Derry
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,
Farthingstown,
Gallstown,
Garrane,
Gneevebane,
Gortumly,
Kilbrennan,
Kiltotan and Collinstown,
Oldtown,
Piercetown, and
Rahanine.
The neighbouring civil parishes are:
Carrick,
Kilbride and
Pass of Kilbride to the north,
Castlejordan (
County Meath
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) to the east,
Castlejordan (
County Offaly
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),
Croghan (County Offaly) and
Newtown to the south and
Clonfad to the West.
Castlelost civil parish, County Westmeath
''The IreAtlas Townland Data Base'' Retrieved on 12 July 2015.
References
Civil parishes of County Westmeath
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