Enniscoffey () is a
civil parish
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in
County Westmeath
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, Ireland. It is located about south–south–east 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 ...
.
Enniscoffey is one of ten civil parishes in the
barony Barony may refer to:
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of
Fartullagh
Fartullagh (), previously Tyrrells country, is a barony in south–east County Westmeath, in Ireland. It was formed by 1542. 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 .
Enniscoffey civil parish comprises nine townlands:
Ballintlevy,
Bellfield (aka Brannockstown), Blackislands (aka
Windmill
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), Brannockstown (aka Bellfield), Caran (aka
Enniscoffey),
Claremount (aka Cummingstown),
Gaybrook Demesne,
Lemongrove (aka Rathcam), and
Mahonstown.
The neighbouring civil parishes are
Lynn to the north,
Killucan (barony of
Farbill
Farbill () is a barony in east County Westmeath, in Ireland. It was formed by 1672.[Barony of Farbill](_blank)
' ...
) to the east,
Kilbride to the south and
Pass of Kilbride and
Moylisker to the west.
Enniscoffey civil parish, County Westmeath
''The IreAtlas Townland Data Base'' Retrieved on 11 July 2015.
References
Civil parishes of County Westmeath
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