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Moycashel

Moycashel
Maigh Chaisil
Barony
Location of Moycashel on a map of Westmeath
Location of Moycashel on a map of Westmeath
Moycashel is located in Ireland
Moycashel
Moycashel
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°23′51″N 7°30′26″W / 53.3975°N 7.5072°W / 53.3975; -7.5072Coordinates: 53°23′51″N 7°30′26″W / 53.3975°N 7.5072°W / 53.3975; -7.5072
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County Westmeath
Area
 • Total 198.2 km2 (76.5 sq mi)
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC+1)
Irish Grid Reference N328386

Moycashel (Irish: Maigh Chaisil), previously the barony of Rossaughe, before that, Delamares country, is a barony in south County Westmeath, in the Republic of Ireland. It was formed by 1542. It is bordered by three other baronies: Clonlonan to the west, Rathconrath to the north, Moyashel and Magheradernon to the north-east and Fartullagh to the west. The largest population centre is Kilbeggan.

Moycashel has an area of 48,965.4 acres (198.156 km2). The barony contains a part of the south–west end of Lough Ennell and the River Brosna flows through Kilbeggan before it connects to the River Shannon.

The M6 motorway passes through the barony to the south of Kilbeggan and (together with the M4) links Dublin with Galway.

The N52, a national secondary road passes through Kilbeggan linking the M7 motorway from just south of Nenagh, County Tipperary to the M1 motorway north of Dundalk in County Louth.

The R446 regional road (the old N6) runs through Kilbeggan and roughly parallel to the M6, also connecting Dublin with Galway.


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