Castletown-Geoghegan
Overview
Lough Ennell
Lough Ennell is a lake near the town of Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is situated beside the N52 road, off the Mullingar/Kilbeggan road. It is approximately 4.5 miles long by 2 miles wide, with an area of about...
near the county town of Mullingar
Mullingar
Mullingar is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act of 1542, proclaimed Westmeath a county, separating it from Meath. Mullingar became the administrative centre for County Westmeath...
. Castletown was the seat of the Geoghegan
Geoghegan
Geoghegan is a surname of Irish origin.Usually spelt nowadays without the prefix Mac, the name has many variants, including Gehegan, Geoghan, Geohegan, Gagan, and Gagon which approximate the most common pronunciations of the name. It is usually pronounced gay-gan, ge-heg-an or go-hee-gan. In Irish...
family of the medieval Barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath
County Westmeath
-Economy:Westmeath has a strong agricultural economy. Initially, development occurred around the major market centres of Mullingar, Moate, and Kinnegad. Athlone developed due to its military significance, and its strategic location on the main Dublin–Galway route across the River Shannon. Mullingar...
. The family were descendants of the Southern Ui Neill. They were major landholders in south Westmeath prior to the War of the Three Kingdoms. They lost considerable portion their estates through the confiscation and resettlement acts of the late 17th century.
Lilliput
Lilliput
Lilliput has several meanings:* Lilliput and Blefuscu, two island nations in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels* The genus of jumping spiders of this name was renamed to Tanzania in 2008...
, on the shores of Lough Ennel is in Dysart, a neighbouring village approximately 3 miles from Castletown Geoghegan.
