Clonkeen, Street
Clonkeen | |
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  Clonkeen Location of Clonkeen within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°39′46″N 7°27′17″W / 53.66278°N 7.45472°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Westmeath |
| Irish grid reference | N360682 |
Clonkeen is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 16.97 kilometres (11 mi) north–north–west of Mullingar.
Clonkeen is one of 35 townlands of the civil parish of
River Inny
.
The neighbouring townlands are: Bottomy to the north and east, Clonava to the south–east, Lackanwood to the south–east, Derradd and Monagead to the south, Garriskil to the west and Barradrum to the north–west.[1][2]
A railway line carrying the national rail company
Dublin to Sligo intercity service[3] passes through the townland. The Ordnance Survey map, produced at the time of the Griffith's Valuation survey of Ireland (completed in 1869), shows two lines. The modern-day mainline is shown as the Mullingar and Longford Railway and a branch line to Cavan, no longer in existence, is marked as the Cavan Junction Railway.[4]
In the
in the townland.References
- ^ Clonkeen Townland, Co. Westmeath Townlands.ie Retrieved on 13 September 2015.
- ^ Clonkeen Townland, Co. Westmeath The IreAtlas Townland Data Base Retrieved on 13 September 2015.
- ^ Irish Rail Printable Timetables Archived 2 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine irishrail.ie Retrieved 13 September 2015
- ^ Link to historic map of Clonkeen Townlands.ie Retrieved on 13 September 2015.
- ^ Houses in Clonkeen. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 13 September 2015.
- ^ Inhabitants in Clonkeen. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 13 September 2015.
External links
- Map of Clonkeen at openstreetmap.org
- Clonkeen at the IreAtlas Townland Data Base
- Clonkeen at Townlands.ie
- Clonkeen at The Placenames Database of Ireland, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
