Kilkenny West

Kilkenny West, 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. Geography Kilkenny West has an area of . The barony contains part of the second largest lake on the River Shannon, Lough Ree. The N55 national secondary road connecting Athlone to Cavan passes through the barony. Civil parishes of the barony This table lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as the civil parish (not to be confused with an Ecclesiastical parish). Towns, villages and townlands Ballykeeran, a small village located on the N55 national secondary road north of Athlone. Drumraney, a village just off the R390 regional road. Glassan also known as the Village of the Roses, a small village north of Athlone, on the N55.