Clanhugh Demesne () is a
townland
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in
County Westmeath
County Westmeath (; or simply ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of ...
, Ireland. It is located about north–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 ...
.
Clanhugh Demesne is one of 15 townlands of the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Leny in the
barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
* Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...
of
Corkaree
Corkaree () is a Barony (Ireland), barony in north County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It was formed by 1672.[Province
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of
Leinster
Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...
. The townland covers of which are in Leny civil parish and are in nearby
Portnashangan civil parish. The neighbouring townlands are:
Ballynafid to the east and
Kilpatrick to the west.
In the
1911 census of Ireland there were 8 houses and 41 inhabitants in the townland.
Clonhugh House, built in 1867 for
Colonel Fulke Greville, was constructed on the site of an earlier building, also called Clonhugh House, demolished to make way for the new structure.
Clonhugh House, County Westmeath
''National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.'' Retrieved on 9 June 2015.
References
External links
Clanhugh Demesne at the IreAtlas Townland Data BaseClanhugh Demesne at Townlands.ie Clanhugh Demesne at Logainm.ie
Townlands of County Westmeath
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