Rathconrath (barony)

{{short description|Barony in County Westmeath, Ireland}}

{{For|the village in County Westmeath|Rathconrath}}

{{Use Irish English|date=February 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Rathconrath

|other_name = {{pad top italic|Ráth Conarta}}

|settlement_type = Barony

|image_skyline = File:Rathconrath barony.png

|image_caption = Location of Rathconrath on a map of Westmeath

|pushpin_map = Ireland

|pushpin_label_position = right

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Ireland

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Leinster

|subdivision_type3 = County

|subdivision_name3 = Westmeath

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|unit_pref = Metric

|area_footnotes =

|area_total_km2 = 194.5

|population_as_of = 2006

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|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone1 = WET

|utc_offset1 = +0

|timezone1_DST = IST (WEST)

|utc_offset1_DST = +1

|coordinates = {{coord|53.505|-7.6044|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes =

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|blank_name = Irish Grid Reference

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Rathconrath ({{Irish place name|Ráth Conarta}}),[http://www.logainm.ie/2495.aspx Rathconrath] The Placenames Database of Ireland Retrieved 24 May 2015 previously the barony of Rathcomyrta, before that Daltons country,Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 (34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I)); see {{cite book |title=Henry VIII Part 3 |series=State Papers |volume=2 |page=7,fn.14 |year=1834 |publisher=Murray |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mc0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA7 }} is a barony in the west of County Westmeath, in Ireland. It was formed by 1542.{{cite web|url=http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/rathconrath2/|title=Rathconrath|website=townlands.ie|access-date=24 May 2015}} It is bordered by County Longford to the north–west and five other Westmeath baronies: Moygoish to the north, Moyashel and Magheradernon to the east, Moycashel and Clonlonan to the south and Kilkenny West to the west. Note that the village of Rathconrath is not synonymous with the barony of the same name.