Moycashel
Maigh Chaisil | |
|---|---|
 Location of Moycashel on a map of Westmeath | |
  Moycashel Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°23′51″N 7°30′26″W / 53.3975°N 7.5072°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Westmeath |
| Area | |
• Total | 198.2 km2 (76.5 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N328386 |
Moycashel (Irish: Maigh Chaisil),[1] previously the barony of Rossaughe, and before that, Delamares country,[2] is a barony in south County Westmeath, in Ireland. It was formed by 1542.[3] It is bordered by three other baronies: Clonlonan to the west, Rathconrath to the north, Moyashel and Magheradernon to the north-east and Fartullagh to the west. The largest population centre is Kilbeggan.
- ^ Barony of Moycashel The Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved 31 May 2015
- ^ 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.
- ^ Moycashel townlands.ie Retrieved 31 May 2015