Kilkenny West
Cill Chainnigh Thiar | |
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 Location of Kilkenny West on a map of Westmeath | |
  Kilkenny West Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°29′40″N 7°50′07″W / 53.4944°N 7.8353°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 |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath". townlands.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2015.