Mountmurray
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Mountmurray | |
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  Mountmurray Location of Mountmurray within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°35′28″N 7°25′36″W / 53.59111°N 7.42667°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Westmeath |
| Irish grid reference | N380603 |
Mountmurray, formerly Ballinsellot, is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north–west of Mullingar.
Mountmurray is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portnashangan in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 357 acres (1.44 km2). The neighbouring townlands are: Kilpatrick and Rathbennett to the north, Balrath to the south and Grangegeeth and Piercefield to the west.[1][2] The eastern boundary of the townland is formed by the shoreline of Lough Owel.
Mount Murray, a late eighteenth century country house, was built for Alexander Murray to replace an earlier house or castle dating from 1646.[3]
In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 4 houses[4] and 26 inhabitants[5] in the townland.
