Rathconrath (),Rathconrath The Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved 24 May 2015 previously the barony of Rathcomyrta, before that Daltons country,Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 (34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I)); see is a barony in the west of County Westmeath, in Ireland. It was formed by 1542. It is bordered by County Longford to the north–west and five other Westmeath baronies: Moygoish to the north, Moyashel and Magheradernon to the east, Moycashel and Clonlonan to the south and Kilkenny West to the west. The village of Rathconrath is not synonymous with the barony of the same name.
Geography Rathconrath has an area of . Uisneach hill rises to .
Civil parishes of the barony This tableCivil parishes of the barony of Rathconrath. The Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved 8 June 2015 lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as the civil parish (not to be confused with an Ecclesiastical parish). Name in EnglishName in IrishBallymoreAn Baile MórBallymorinBaile MhóirínChurchtownBaile an TeampaillConryCónraDysartAn DíseartKillareCill ÁirPiercetownBaile PhiaraisRathconrathRáth ConartaTemplepatrickTeampall Phádraig
Villages and townlands
Ballymore, a village on the R390 regional road between Athlone and Mullingar Dysart, a village on the R391 road Loughnavalley, a village at the junction of the R389 and the R390 roads Moyvore, a village on the R392 road Moyvoughly, a small village Rathconrath, a village on the R392 road, west of Mullingar
There are 162 townlands in the barony of Rathconrath.
Places of interest Hill of Uisneach (), an ancient ceremonial site consisting of a set of monuments and earthworks spread over two square kilometres, in folklore the centre of Ireland.
References
External links Map of the barony of Rathconrath at openstreetmap.org Barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath at Townlands.ie