Glebe is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 9.94 kilometres (6 mi) north–north–east of Mullingar.

Glebe
Townland
St. Munnas Church
Glebe Location of Glebe within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates: 53°35′55″N 7°15′33″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Westmeath
Irish grid reference	N490612

Glebe is one of 11 townlands of the civil parish of Taghmon in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 74.02 acres (0.2995 km²).

The neighbouring townlands are: Foxburrow to the north, Taghmon to the south–east, Rathcorbally and Monkstown to the south and Taghmon to the east and north.[1][2]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 2 houses[3] and 15 inhabitants[4] in the townland.

Glebe was the name given to an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. As a townland name it is repeated many times across the country.[5][6]

References

External links

• Map of Glebe at openstreetmap.org
• Glebe at the IreAtlas Townland Data Base
• Glebe at Townlands.ie
• Glebe at The Placenames Database of Ireland