Drumraney

Drumraney (Irish: Droim Raithne) is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 28 km (17 mi) west of Mullingar. Drumraney is one of 4 civil parishes in the barony of Kilkenny West in the province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 9,108.5 acres (36.861 km2). Drumraney civil parish comprises the village of Drumraney and 40 townlands: Ardborra, Ardbuckan, Ardnagragh, Ardnagragh Digby, Ardnagragh Gray, Ballycloghduff, Ballycloghduff (Molston), Ballynalone, Ballysallagh, Baskin High, Baskin Low, Bleachlawn, Bryanmore Lower, Bryanmore Upper, Byanbeg Lower, Byanbeg Upper, Carrickaneha, Cartroncoragh, Cauran, Cloghbreen, Cormaclew, Corr, Curraghbane, Curraghroodle, Drumraney, Dunnamona, Fairfield, Fearmore, Kilcornan, Killeennanam, Killininneen, Kiltober, Lissanode, Newgrove, Oldtown or Puddingstreet, Pishanagh, Streamstown, Toorbeg and Walderstown. The neighbouring civil parishes are: Noughaval to the north, Ballymore to the east, Ballyloughloe to the south and Kilkenny West to the west.

Dunnamona is a motte-and-bailey and National Monument in County Westmeath, Ireland.

Ballymore (Irish: An Baile Mór) is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 24 km (15 mi) west of Mullingar. Ballymore is one of nine civil parishes in the barony of Rathconrath in the province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 10,434.9 acres (42.229 km2). Ballymore civil parish comprises the village of Ballymore and 22 townlands: Ballinlig Lower, Ballinlig Upper, Ballymore, Ballynacorra, Ballynafearagh, Calliaghstown, Carricknagower, Cloncullen, Dungolman, Glebe, Harrystown, Lugacaha, Milltown, Moneynamanagh or Umma Beg, Moyvoughly, Mullenmeehan, Newtown, Raheen, Shinglis, Snimnagorta, Toorevagh, Umma Beg or Moneynamanagh and Umma More. The neighbouring civil parishes are: Forgney and Noughaval (County Longford) to the north, Killare to the east, Ballyloughloe and Kilcumreragh to the south and Drumraney and Noughaval to the west.

Mount Temple (Irish: an Grianán) is a village in County Westmeath in Ireland, about 6.5 km northwest of Moate. It is noted for its golf course of the same name. It was historically called Ballyloughloe. Mount Temple, along with its sister village Baylin (or Baelin), are the only two villages in the civil parish of Ballyloughloe.

Aghanashanamore is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyloughloe in County Westmeath, Ireland, east of Athlone and bordered by Mount Temple.

Tang (Irish: An Teanga, meaning 'the tongue') is a village and a 'half-parish' in County Westmeath, on the N55 national secondary road between Athlone and Ballymahon, County Longford. Tang forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of Drumraney. It is in County Westmeath but on the border with County Longford from which it is separated by the Dungorman River which flows into Lough Ree 3 km downstream via the River Inny. The village is 15 km north-east of Athlone

Moyvoughly (historically Moyvaghly, from Irish: Maigh Bhachla) is a small village in the countryside of County Westmeath. It is about 5 km north of the town of Moate. The village has a post office and an old school.

Noughaval (Irish: Nuachabháil) is a civil parish which spans the counties of Longford and Westmeath in Ireland. It is located about 30 km (19 mi) west of Mullingar and 22 km (14 mi) south of Longford.

Ballyloughloe (Irish: Baile Locha Luatha) is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 31.67 kilometres (20 mi) west–south–west of Mullingar. Ballyloughloe is one of 4 civil parishes in the barony of Clonlonan in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 13,004 acres (52.63 km2). Ballyloughloe civil parish comprises 55 townlands: Aghanashanamore, Aghanvoneen, Annaghgortagh, Ardyduffy, Ballydoogan, Ballymurry, Ballynagarbry, Ballynagarbry (Mullock), Ballynagarbry (Pim), Bellanalack, Belville, Boyanaghcalry, Cappaghauneen, Cappaghbrack, Carnfyan, Carnpark, Clonrelick, Clonthread, Clonyegan, Cooleen, Coolvuck Lower, Coolvuck Upper, Correagh, Creeve, Creevebeg, Dunegan, Dunlom East, Dunlom West, Fassagh, Glebe, Glen, Killachonna (Castlemaine), Killachonna (Clibborn), Killachonna (Potts), Killeenatoor, Killinroan, Knockdomny, Labaun, Legan, Mackanranny, Magheramore, Mount Temple, Moydrum (East), Nahod Little, Nahod More, Rathduff, Shurock, Tullaghanshanlin, Tully, Tullybane, Tullywood, Twyford, Warren High, Warren Lower and Williamstown. The neighbouring civil parishes are: Ballymore, Drumraney and Kilkenny West to the north, Kilcumreragh to the east, Kilcleagh and Kilmanaghan to the south and St. Mary's to the west.

Belville is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) east of Athlone. Belville is one of a number townlands of the Irish civil parish of Ballyloughloe in the barony of Clonlonan in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 242 acres (0.98 km2). In the 1911 census of Ireland, it was spelt "Bellville" and there were four houses and fourteen inhabitants in the townland.

The Kingdom of Ireland was a dependency of England from 1542 to 1707, and then of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800. It was ruled by the monarchs of England and then of Great Britain in personal union, and was administered from Dublin Castle by a viceroy appointed by the English king: the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. By the late 17th century, the state was dominated by the Protestant Anglo-Irish minority, known as the Protestant Ascendancy. The Protestant Church of Ireland was the state church. The Parliament of Ireland was almost exclusively Anglo-Irish. From 1661, the administration controlled an Irish army. Although formally a kingdom in personal union on equal footing with England and later Great Britain, for most of its history it was de facto a dependency. This status was enshrined in the Declaratory Act 1719. The territory of the kingdom comprised that of the former Lordship of Ireland, founded in 1177 by King Henry II of England after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. By the 16th century, the Pale, the area of effective English rule, had shrunk greatly; most of Ireland was held by Gaelic nobles as minor principalities notionally subject to the English king but independent in practice. By the terms of the Crown of Ireland Act 1542, Henry VIII of England became "King of Ireland", theoretically elevating Ireland to coequal status with England, as a kingdom in personal union. There followed an expansion of English control during the Tudor conquest. This sparked the Desmond Rebellions and the Nine Years' War. The conquest of the island was completed early in the 17th century. It involved the confiscation of land from the native Irish Catholics and its colonisation by Protestant settlers from Britain. Most Catholic countries at the time did not recognise Protestant monarchs as legitimate kings of Ireland (or indeed of England), instead supporting the Jacobite government-in-exile from 1688 onwards. For most of the kingdom's history, the Irish Catholic majority suffered legal discrimination: under the penal laws, Catholicism was suppressed and Catholics were barred from government, parliament, the military, and most public offices. This was one of the main drivers behind the Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653), during which the Irish Catholic Confederates controlled most of Ireland. After the Cromwellian conquest, Ireland suffered harsh conditions under the Protectorate (1653–1659). The brief reign of Catholic king James II (1685–1689) led to the Williamite War (1689–1691). The Williamite victory strengthened the Protestant Ascendancy, and the kingdom had only Protestant monarchs thereafter. In the 1780s, the parliament gained some independence, and some anti-Catholic laws were lifted. This sparked sectarian conflict in County Armagh. Following the failed republican Irish Rebellion of 1798, the parliament of Ireland and parliament of Great Britain passed the Acts of Union 1800. This created, on 1 January 1801, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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.