placenamesNewtown
An Baile Nua
Newtown is a civil parish in Westmeath. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationNewtown53.38950° N · 7.40743° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Baile Nua · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Newtown · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Moycashel
- Barony
- Fartullagh
- Coordinates
- 53.38950, -7.40743
- Mapped area
- 41.47 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2486 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Newtown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.