Piercetown
Baile Phiarais
Civil parish
Piercetown is located in Ireland
Piercetown
Piercetown
Location of Piercetown within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates: 53°33′40″N 7°37′14″W / 53.56111°N 7.62056°W / 53.56111; -7.62056
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Westmeath
Irish grid referenceN251568

Piercetown (Irish: Baile Phiarais)[1] is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 18.69 kilometres (12 mi) west–north–west of Mullingar. It was formerly often spelled Pierstown.

Piercetown is one of 9 civil parishes in the barony of Rathconrath in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 3,695.8 acres (14.956 km2).

Piercetown civil parish comprises 16 townlands: Aghnabohy, Ballincurra, Ballymaglavy, Curraghboy, Fiveacres, Glebe, Kilgawny, Kilphierish, Malthousepark, Piercetown, Rath (Malone), Rathcogue, Relick (Longworth), Relick (Malone), Williamstown and Williamstown New.

The neighbouring civil parishes are: Kilmacnevan to the north, Rathconrath to the east, Ballymorin to the south, Templepatrick to the south–west and Abbeyshrule and Forgney (both County Longford) to the north–west.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Piercetown civil parish The Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved on 2 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Piercetown civil parish, Co. Westmeath townlands.ie Retrieved on 2 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Piercetown civil parish, Co. Westmeath The IreAtlas Townland Data Base. Retrieved on 2 August 2015.


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