Piercetown, County Westmeath (civil parish)

{{Short description|Civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| settlement_type = Civil parish

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Ireland

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Leinster

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = County Westmeath

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Piercetown ({{Irish place name|Baile Phiarais}})[http://www.logainm.ie/2489.aspx Piercetown civil parish] The Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved on 2 August 2015. is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about {{cvt|19|km|mi|0}} 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 {{convert|3695.8|acre|km2}}.

Piercetown civil parish comprises 16 townlands: Aghnabohy, Ballincurra, Ballymaglavy, Curraghboy, Fiveacres, Glebe, Kilgawny, Kilphierish, Malthousepark, Piercetown, Rath (Malone), Rathcogue, Relick (Longworth), Relick (Malone), 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 (both County Longford) to the north–west.[http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/piercetown/ Piercetown civil parish, County Westmeath] townlands.ie Retrieved on 2 August 2015.[http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=any&COUNTY=Westmeath&BARONY=&METHOD1=any&PARISH=Piercetown&METHOD2=any&PLU=&METHOD3=any&PROVINCE= Piercetown civil parish, County Westmeath] The IreAtlas Townland Data Base. Retrieved on 2 August 2015.