PORTLEMON, or PORTLOMON, a parish, in the
barony of CORKAREE, county of WESTMEATH, and
province of LEINSTER, 4¼ miles (N. W.) from Mullingar,
on the road to Ballymahon; containing 417 inhabitants.
This parish is situated on the western shore
of Lough Hoyle, and comprises 1943 statute acres of
good land, chiefly under tillage; there is also some bog.
Within its limits is Frum hill, on the summit of which
is a rath: near its base, on the shore of the lake, is
Portlemon, the seat of Lord De Blaquiere; the mansion
is situated in a finely wooded demesne. The living is a
rectory, in the diocese of Meath, united by episcopal
authority, in 1823, to the rectory of Portshangan, and
in the patronage of the Bishop; the tithes amount to
£85; and the gross value of the union, tithes and glebe
inclusive, is £193. 1. 1¾. The church, glebe-house, and
glebe of the union are in Portshangan, and are noticed
in the article on that parish. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union or district of Mullingar.
There is a school aided by an annual donation
of £25 from Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons, and one also
by a donation from Lord Forbes, in which 35 boys and
23 girls are taught. Besides the rath on Frum hill,
there are several others within the parish.