Piercetown, County Westmeath (civil parish)


Piercetown is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about west–north–west of Mullingar. It was formerly often spelled Pierstown.
Piercetown is one of 9 civil parishes in the barony of Rathconrath in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers.
Piercetown civil parish comprises 16 townlands: Aghnabohy, Ballincurra, Ballymaglavy, Curraghboy, Fiveacres, Glebe, Kilgawny, Kilphierish, Malthousepark, Piercetown, Rath, Rathcogue, Relick, Relick, 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 to the north–west.