PIERCETOWN

In 1868, the parish of Piercetown contained the following places:

"PIERCETOWN, a parish in the barony of Rathconrath, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Ballymore, its post town. It is 4 miles long, and its greatest breadth is over 2 miles. The surface comprises a proportion of bog and middling land. It is drained towards the N. and N.E. by the streams Inny and Blackwater, and is traversed by the road from Ballymore to Rathowen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, value with Almoricia, £169, in the patronage of the crown. The church is in ruins. Here are a Roman Catholic chapel and two day schools. Ballinacarra is the neighbouring seat. Limestone is the prevailing rock."

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