Civil parish

Portnashangan

Port na Seangán

Portnashangan is a civil parish in Westmeath. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationPortnashangan53.58426° N · 7.37705° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

portport, bank, fort

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

Port na Seangán · Irish · main form
Portnashangan · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Civil parish
County: Westmeath
Barony: Corkaree
Coordinates: 53.58426, -7.37705
Mapped area: 14.55 km²
Logainm ID: 2491 ↗

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Portnashangan. 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.