Mountmurray

Mountmurray
Mountmurray is located in Ireland
Mountmurray
Mountmurray
Location of Mountmurray within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates: 53°35′28″N 7°25′36″W / 53.59111°N 7.42667°W / 53.59111; -7.42667
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Westmeath
Irish grid referenceN380603

Mountmurray, formerly Ballinsellot, is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north–west of Mullingar.

Mountmurray is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portnashangan in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 357 acres (1.44 km2). The neighbouring townlands are: Kilpatrick and Rathbennett to the north, Balrath to the south and Grangegeeth and Piercefield to the west.[1][2] The eastern boundary of the townland is formed by the shoreline of Lough Owel.

Mount Murray, a late eighteenth century country house, was built for Alexander Murray to replace an earlier house or castle dating from 1646.[3]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 4 houses[4] and 26 inhabitants[5] in the townland.

  1. ^ Mountmurray Townland, Co. Westmeath Townlands.ie Retrieved on 10 June 2015.
  2. ^ Mountmurray Townland, Co. Westmeath The IreAtlas Townland Data Base Retrieved on 10 June 2015.
  3. ^ Mount Murray, County Westmeath National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved on 10 June 2015.
  4. ^ Houses in Mountmurray. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 10 June 2015.
  5. ^ Inhabitants in Mountmurray. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 10 June 2015.