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This was the western part of the ancient province of Meath, and was called Eircamhoin meaning "the Western Division." This area was peripheral to several major clan holdings, such as the O'Conor Faly, O'Reilly, and O'Farrell, but mostly it was occupied by lesser clans or septs, such as Nugent, FitzSimon, Dease, O'Curry, O'Melaghlin, O'Growney, McCarron, Dillon, McAuley, O'Carberry, McGee, Dalton, O'Daly, Tuite, Tyrell, McGeoghegan, and O'Coffey.

25 Most Common Names in Westmeath: Kelly Fagan Daly Murray Reilly Farrell Smith Moran Keegan Lynch Duffy Murphy Murtagh Byrne Seery Connor Clarke Ward Nugent Coffey Brennan Geoghegan Walsh Kenny Casey.

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• 0icp0638 WESTMEATH, ALMORITIA OR MORANSTOWN, DESCRIPTION 1837
  
• 0icp0655 WESTMEATH, ARDNORCHER, DESCRIPTION 1837
  
• 0icp0617 WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, St. MARYS CHURCH PLATE INSCRIPTIONS 1676 - 1843
  
• 0icp0663 WESTMEATH, BALLYMORIN, GRIFFITHS INDEX 1854
  
• 0icp0630 WESTMEATH, KILLUCAN, SELECTED RECORDS 1709-1794
  
• 0icp0624 WESTMEATH, LANDOWNERS IN 1876 (surnames Adams to Coffey)
  
• 0icp0625 WESTMEATH, LANDOWNERS IN 1876 (surnames Colclough to Evans)
  
• 0icp0626 WESTMEATH, LANDOWNERS IN 1876 (surnames Fagan to Kirkpatrick)
  
• 0icp0631 WESTMEATH, LANDOWNERS IN 1876 (surnames Lambert to Otley)
  
• 0icp0635 WESTMEATH, LANDOWNERS IN 1876 (surnames Packenham to Yourell)
  
• 0icp0648 WESTMEATH, RATHGARVE TITHE BOOK 1826
  
• 0icp0611 WESTMEATH, SELECTED NOTES FROM THE ATHLONE FREEMANS JOURNAL (1827 - 1842)
  
• 0icp0612 WESTMEATH, SELECTED NOTES FROM THE ATHLONE FREEMANS JOURNAL (1843 - 1877)
  
• 0icp0613 WESTMEATH, SELECTED NOTES FROM THE ATHLONE FREEMANS JOURNAL (1877 - 1897)
  
• 0icp0644 WESTMEATH, STONEHALL, GRIFFITHS INDEX
  
• 0icp0669 WESTMEATH, TAGHMON, DESCRIPTION 1837