Portloman

Portloman
Port Lomáin
Church ruin and graveyard in the north of Portloman townland
Church ruin and graveyard in the north of Portloman townland
Portloman is located in Ireland
Portloman
Portloman
Location of Portloman within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates: 53°33′50″N 7°24′45″W / 53.56389°N 7.41250°W / 53.56389; -7.41250
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Westmeath
Irish grid referenceN389572

Portloman (Irish: Port Lomáin)[1] is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 6.24 kilometres (4 mi) north–west of Mullingar on the southwestern shore of Lough Owel.

Portloman is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portloman in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 289.44 acres (1.1713 km2). The neighbouring townlands are: Wattstown to the north, Ballard to the south, Scurlockstown to the west and Monroe to the north–west.[2][3] The eastern boundary of the townland is formed by the shoreline of Lough Owel and the small island of Carrickphilbin.

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 5 houses[4] and 17 inhabitants[5] in the townland; 1 house was unoccupied.

  1. ^ Portloman Townland, Co. Westmeath Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved on 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ Portloman Townland, Co. Westmeath Townlands.ie Retrieved on 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ Portloman Townland, Co. Westmeath The IreAtlas Townland Data Base Retrieved on 23 August 2015.
  4. ^ Houses in Portloman. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 23 August 2015.
  5. ^ Inhabitants in Portloman. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 23 August 2015.