placenames1901 census
16People recorded
3Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Taffe 7
- OBrien 5
- Dermody 1
- Gill 1
- Green 1
Piercefield
Baile Phiarais
Two limestone outbuildings preserve the arrangement of an early nineteenth-century working yard.
Recorded locationPiercefield53.59332° N · 7.45051° 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
- Baile Phiarais · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Piercefield · English · main form
Place & story
The courtyard buildings
A pair of single-storey outbuildings at Piercefield dates from around 1820. Built in coursed limestone with dressed stone around the openings, they stand around a courtyard. The western range has four broad carriage arches; the northern range has square-headed openings. The architectural inventory records slate roofs, remnants of timber doors and decorative iron gates between limestone piers on the eastern approach. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Corkaree
- Civil parish
- Portnashangan
- Coordinates
- 53.59332, -7.45051
- Mapped area
- 1.06 km²
- Logainm ID
- 51960 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
15People recorded
3Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Taaffe 6
- O'Brien 5
- Berrigan 1
- Fields 1
- Mc Coy 1
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Piercefield. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Piercefield outbuildings, registration15401125, Westmeath survey2004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-01-27. How this page was prepared.