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Rathconrath

Ráth Conarta
Rathconrath Ráth Conarta
Barony
	Location of Rathconrath on a map of Westmeath
	Rathconrath Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 53°30′18″N 7°36′16″W / 53.505°N 7.6044°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Westmeath
Area
• Total	194.5 km2 (75.1 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	N262506

Rathconrath (Irish: Ráth Conarta),^[1] previously the barony of Rathcomyrta, before that Daltons country,^[2] is a barony in the west of County Westmeath, in Ireland. It was formed by 1542.^[3] It is bordered by County Longford to the north–west and five other Westmeath baronies: Moygoish to the north, Moyashel and Magheradernon to the east, Moycashel and Clonlonan to the south and Kilkenny West to the west. Note that the village of Rathconrath is not synonymous with the barony of the same name.

Geography

Rathconrath has an area of 48,068 acres (194.52 km²).^[3] Uisneach hill rises to 182 metres (597 ft).

Civil parishes of the barony

This table^[4] 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
Ballymore	An Baile Mór
Ballymorin	Baile Mhóirín
Churchtown	Baile an Teampaill
Conry	Cónra
Dysart	An Díseart
Killare	Cill Áir
Piercetown	Baile Phiarais
Rathconrath	Ráth Conarta
Templepatrick	Teampall Phádraig

Villages and townlands

Ballymore, a village on the R390 regional road between Athlone and Mullingar
Dysart, a village on the R391 road
Loughnavalley, a village at the junction of the R389 and the R390 roads
Moyvore, a village on the R392 road
Moyvoughly, a small village
Rathconrath, a village on the R392 road, west of Mullingar

There are 162 townlands in the barony of Rathconrath.^[3]

Places of interest

Hill of Uisneach (Irish: Cnoc Uisnigh), an ancient ceremonial site consisting of a set of monuments and earthworks spread over two square kilometres, in folklore the centre of Ireland.

References

^ Rathconrath The Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved 24 May 2015
^ Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 (34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I)); see Henry VIII Part 3. State Papers. Vol. 2. Murray. 1834. p. 7,fn.14.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rathconrath". townlands.ie. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ Civil parishes of the barony of Rathconrath. The Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved 8 June 2015