Piercetown (Irish: Baile Phiarais)[1] is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 18.69 kilometres (12 mi) west–north–west of Mullingar. It was formerly often spelled Pierstown.

Piercetown Baile Phiarais
Civil parish
Piercetown Location of Piercetown within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates: 53°33′40″N 7°37′14″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Westmeath
Irish grid reference	N251568

Piercetown is one of 9 civil parishes in the barony of Rathconrath in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 3,695.8 acres (14.956 km²).

Piercetown civil parish comprises 16 townlands: Aghnabohy, Ballincurra, Ballymaglavy, Curraghboy, Fiveacres, Glebe, Kilgawny, Kilphierish, Malthousepark, Piercetown, Rath (Malone), Rathcogue, Relick (Longworth), Relick (Malone), Williamstown and Williamstown New.

The neighbouring civil parishes are: Kilmacnevan to the north, Rathconrath to the east, Ballymorin to the south, Templepatrick to the south–west and Abbeyshrule and Forgney (both County Longford) to the north–west.[1][2][3]

References

External links

• Piercetown civil parish at the IreAtlas Townland Data Base
• Piercetown civil parish at townlands.ie
• Piercetown civil parish at The Placenames Database of Ireland

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