Kilcumny (civil parish)

Kilcumny (Irish: Cill Chuimne) is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 15.53 kilometres (10 mi) north–east of Mullingar. Kilcumny is one of 13 townlands of the civil parish of Kilcumny in the barony of Delvin in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 250.22 acres (1.0126 km2). The neighbouring townlands are: Glananea or Ralphsdale to the north, Kilwalter to the north–east, Ballymacahill and Derries to the east, Barbavilla Demesne to the south and west and Robinstown to the north–west.In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 12 houses and 36 inhabitants in the townland.

Drumcree (Irish: Droim Cria or Druim Criadh) is a small village in County Westmeath in Ireland on the R395 regional road. This village is part of St Mary's Parish, Collinstown, and a sister parish of St Feichin's, Fore. The village is situated upon a crossroads, fringes parts of the Barbavilla Bog, the Glackstown Bog, and Mullacruaigh bog, all of which have been harvested for winter fuel for generations by the neighbouring communities.

Collinstown (Irish: Baile na gCailleach) is a village in north County Westmeath, situated on the R395 regional road overlooking Lough Lene. It lies 18 km (11 mi) northeast of the county town of Mullingar and (as of the 2016 census) had a population of 356.

The principal island on Lough Lene is named after Turgesius who was a Viking leader who is said to have conquered Dublin.

Lough Bane (Irish: An Loch Bán) is a lake on the border of County Meath and County Westmeath in Ireland. The county border runs east–west through the centre of the lake.Lough Bane forms part of the Lough Bane and Lough Glass Special Area of Conservation. The lake is the largest of three lakes in the SAC, the others being Lough Glass and Lough Glass North. Lough Bane is located about 10 km (6 mi) from Oldcastle, County Meath.

Kilpatrick (Irish: Cill Phádraig), is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 12.8 kilometres (8 mi) north–east of Mullingar. Kilpatrick is one of 8 civil parishes in the barony of Fore in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 1,898 acres (7.68 km2). Kilpatrick civil parish comprises 3 townlands: Clondalever, Kilpatrick and Tuitestown. The neighbouring civil parishes are: St. Feighin's to the north, Killulagh to the east, Rathconnell and Taghmon to the south and Faughalstown to the west and north.

Clondalever is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about12.33 kilometres (8 mi) north–east of Mullingar. Clondalever is one of 3 townlands of the civil parish of Kilpatrick in the barony of Fore in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 508.60 acres (2.0582 km2). The neighbouring townlands are: Kilpatrick to the north, Rickardstown to the north–east, Gigginstown to the south–east, Balreagh to the south, Clondalever to the south, Taghmon, to the south, Tuitestown to the west and Derrynagaragh to the north–west.In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 6 houses and 22 inhabitants in the townland.

Hill of Ben is a rising hill situated in the Westmeath Hills, Ireland. The Hill of Ben dominates the valley where Fore Abbey resides. It rises sharply among the other surrounding hills that interlace with the many loughs of Westmeath to an elevation of 627'. Local legend has it that Saint Patrick's successor, named Benigne, is said to have preached from the hill to bring the gospel to local communities.

Fore (Irish: Baile Fhobhair, meaning "Townland of the Spring") is a village, next to the old Benedictine Abbey ruin of Fore Abbey, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, in Ireland. The village, (sister parish of nearby St. Mary's Collinstown) is situated within a valley between two hills: the Hill of Ben, the Hill of Houndslow, and the Ankerland rise area. There can be found the ruins of a Christian monastery, which had been populated at one time by French Benedictine monks from Évreux, Normandy. Fore is the anglicised version of the Irish name that signifies "the town of the water-springs" and was given to the area after Saint Feichin’s spring or well, which is next to the old church a short distance from where the ruined monastery still stands. It was St. Feichin who founded the ancient Fore Abbey around 630. By 665 (the time of the yellow plague) there were 300 monks living in the community. Another important aspect of Fore is the Fore Crosses one of which is in the village of Fore. There are 18 crosses; some crosses are plain (most likely to wind and rain erosion) whilst others still remain carved. These are spread out over 7 miles on roadways and in fields and bore witness to religious persecution during penal times. The Monk Gerald of Wales related the following legend of Féchín: " Chapter LII (Of the mill which no women enter) "There is a mill at Foure, in Meath, which St. Fechin made most miraculously with his own hands, in the side of a certain rock. No women are allowed to enter either this mill or the church of the saint; and the mill is held in as much reverence by the natives as any of the churches dedicated to the saint. It happened that when Hugh de Lacy was leading his troops through this place, an archer dragged a girl into the mill and there violated her. Sudden punishment overtook him; for being struck with infernal fire in the offending parts, it spread throughout his whole body, and he died the same night".

Fore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Fhobhair) is the ruins of a Benedictine and Early Gaelic 7th century Abbey with associated Mill, Anchorite's Cell, Holy Wells and a structure associated with St. Feichin, all situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, adjacent to Fore village. Architectural additions, damage by fire and dismantlement have altered the site's appearance and layout over the centuries.