Kilkenny West
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Kilkenny West Cill Chainnigh Thiar
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Location of Kilkenny West on a map of Westmeath
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 Kilkenny West
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| Coordinates: 53°29′40″N 7°50′07″W / 53.4944°N 7.8353°WCoordinates: 53°29′40″N 7°50′07″W / 53.4944°N 7.8353°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Westmeath |
| Area | |
| • Total | 152.4 km2 (58.8 sq mi) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC+1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N109493 |
Kilkenny West (Irish: Cill Chainnigh Thiar), previously Maherquirke or Dillons country, is a barony in west County Westmeath, Ireland. It was formed by 1542. It is bordered by County Longford to the west; it is also bordered by three other Westmeath baronies: Rathconrath (to the east), Brawny (to the south-west) and Clonlonan (to the south-east). The largest centre of population in the barony is the village of Glassan.
Kilkenny West has an area of 37,651 acres (152.37 km2). The barony contains part of the second largest lake on the River Shannon, Lough Ree. The N55 national secondary road connecting Athlone to Cavan passes through the barony.
This table lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as the civil parish (not to be confused with an Ecclesiastical parish).
There are 136 townlands in the barony of Kilkenny West.
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