Moycashel

Moycashel
Maigh Chaisil
Location of Moycashel on a map of Westmeath
Location of Moycashel on a map of Westmeath
Moycashel is located in Ireland
Moycashel
Moycashel
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°23′51″N 7°30′26″W / 53.3975°N 7.5072°W / 53.3975; -7.5072
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyWestmeath
Area
 • Total198.2 km2 (76.5 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceN328386

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.

  1. ^ Barony of Moycashel The Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved 31 May 2015
  2. ^ Irish Act 34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I); see Henry VIII Part 3. State Papers. Vol. 2. Murray. 1834. p. 7, fn.14.
  3. ^ Moycashel townlands.ie Retrieved 31 May 2015