Castletownkindalen () is a
civil parish
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in
County Westmeath
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, Ireland. It is located about south–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 ...
.
Castletownkindalen is one of 8 civil parishes in the
barony Barony may refer to:
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* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
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of
Moycashel 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 .
Castletownkindalen civil parish comprises the village of
Castletown Geoghegan and 41 townlands: Adamstown, Ballybrennan, Ballybrown, Ballyhast, Ballykilroe, Ballynacoska, Ballynagore, Balrath, Bredagh, Castletown, Clonsingle, Cloonagh, Conranstown, Dooraheen, Dromore, Garhy, Glengorm, Gneevebeg, Gneevebrack, Keelbeg, Kilbalraherd, Kilhugh, Killalea, Killeen, Killinlahan, Kippinduff, Knockacurra, Lissakilly, Lurrig, Mabrista, Rathdrishoge, Rathnugent, Shurock, Sraduff, Sraneeg, Teernacreeve, Toorlisnamore, Tullaghanmore, Tullaghansleek and Tullaghnacrossan.
The neighbouring civil parishes are:
Churchtown,
Conry and
Dysart (all in the barony of
Rathconrath) to the north,
Clonfad (barony of
Fartullagh) to the east,
Newtown to the east and south,
Kilbeggan to the south and
Ardnurcher or Horseleap to the west.
Castletownkindalen civil parish, County Westmeath
''The IreAtlas Townland Data Base.'' Retrieved on 14 July 2015.
References
Civil parishes of County Westmeath
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