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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"RATHCONRATH, a parish in the barony of Rathconrath, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3½ miles S. of Ballynacargy, its post town. The surface comprises 7,563 acres, consisting very generally of good land. The road from Dublin to Athlone traverses the interior. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, value £227. The church was erected in 1809 near the site of a more ancient one by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is at the head of a union. There are National and two other public schools, also a police station. Mount Dalton and Neares Court are the principal residences. The Cat and Mouse, on the Ballymore road, are two curious rocks, near which a subterraneous river has its source. At Mount Dalton a monument has been erected in honour of the Empress Maria Theresa, the Emperor Joseph II., and George III."

It is thought that the entry below also refers to this parish, in view of the Mount Dalton reference:
"RATHCONDRA, a parish and village in the barony of Rathcondra, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 6 miles from Mullingar. Mount Dalton is the chief seat in the neighbourhood." 

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