MAYNE

"MAYNE, a parish in the barony of Fore, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 1 mile W.N.W. of Castlepollard, its post town. It is 3½ miles long, and its greatest breadth is 3. It comprises the village of Coole. The surface consists of a middling soil. The river Inny flows along the W., and Lough Dereveragh lies in the S. The parish is crossed by the roads from Castlepollard to Granard and Edgeworthstown. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Meath, value £91, in the patronage of the incumbent of Rathgraff. The church was built about 1805 by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Faughley. Here are a Sunday and several day schools. Pakenham Hall is the residence of Earl Longford."

"COOLE, a village in the parish of Mayne, barony of Fore, in the county of Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles to the N. W. of Castle Pollard. Here is a police station. Much bog exists in the vicinity, and within a short distance is Turbotstown, a handsome modern mansion. Fairs are held on the 20th May and 20th November."

"TURBOTSTOWN, a hamlet in the barony of Moyashel, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles W.N.W. of Mullingar. Turbotstown House is the chief residence."

"PAKENHAM HALL, the seat of the Earl of Longford, in the parish of Mayne, county Westmeath, Ireland, near Castle Pollard."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2018]