Portnashangan ()Portnashangan civil parish The Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved on 22 June 2015. is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about north–north–west of Mullingar.
Portnashangan is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portnashangan in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers . About half of the eastern boundary of the townland includes a strip of Scragh Bog approximately 50m wide.
The neighbouring townlands are: Ballynafid, Knightswood and Rathlevanagh to the north, Loughanstown to the east and Ballynagall, County Westmeath|]] and Culleen More to the south.Portnashangan Townland, Co. Westmeath Townlands.ie Retrieved on 22 June 2015.Portnashangan Townland, Co. Westmeath IreAtlas Townland Data Base Retrieved on 22 June 2015.
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 17 housesHouses in Portnashangan. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 22 June 2015. and 67 inhabitantsInhabitants in Portnashangan. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 22 June 2015. in the townland.
References
External links Map of Portnashangan townland at openstreetmap.org Portnashangan at the IreAtlas Townland Data Base Portnashangan at Townlands.ie Portnashangan at The Placenames Database of Ireland Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht