Kilkenny West

This article is about the barony. For the civil parish, see Kilkenny West (civil parish).

Kilkenny West (Irish: Cill Chainnigh Thiar), previously Maherquirke or Dillons country,^[1] is a barony in west County Westmeath, Ireland. It was formed by 1542.^[2] It is bordered by County Longford to the west; it is also bordered by three other Westmeath baronies: Rathconrath (to the east), Brawny (to the south-west) and Clonlonan (to the south-east). The largest centre of population in the barony is the village of Glassan.

Kilkenny West Cill Chainnigh Thiar
Barony
Location of Kilkenny West on a map of Westmeath
Kilkenny West Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°29′40″N 7°50′07″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Westmeath
Area
• Total	152.4 km2 (58.8 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	N109493

Geography

Kilkenny West has an area of 37,651 acres (152.37 km²).^[2] The barony contains part of the second largest lake on the River Shannon, Lough Ree. The N55 national secondary road connecting Athlone to Cavan passes through the barony.

Civil parishes of the barony

This table^[3] lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as the civil parish (not to be confused with an Ecclesiastical parish).

Name in English	Name in Irish
Bunown	Bun Abhann
Kilkenny West	Cill Chainnigh Thiar
Drumraney	Droim Raithne
Noughaval	Nuachabháil

Towns, villages and townlands

• Ballykeeran, a small village located on the N55 national secondary road north of Athlone.
• Drumraney, a village just off the R390 regional road.
• Glassan also known as the Village of the Roses,^[4] a small village 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Athlone, on the N55.

Main St., Glasson

• Tang, a village on the N55 between Athlone and Ballymahon.
• The Pigeons, an area on the N55 between Tubberclare and Tang.
• Tubberclare, a large parish and townland, 9 km (6 mi) from Athlone, on the N55.

There are 136 townlands in the barony of Kilkenny West.^[2]

References

1. Irish Act 34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I); see Henry VIII Part 3. State Papers. Vol. 2. Murray. 1834. p. 7, fn.14.
2. "Barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath". townlands.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
3. Civil parishes of the barony of Kilkenny West The Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 8 June 2015
4. Coplen, Richard. "Waterston: The rise and fall of a South Westmeath estate". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

External links

• Map of the barony of Kilkenny West at openstreetmap.org
• Barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath at townlands.ie

• Ireland portal