Fartullagh Fir Thulach
Barony
Location of Fartullagh on a map of Westmeath
Fartullagh Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°26′19″N 7°19′00″W / 53.4386°N 7.3167°W / 53.4386; -7.3167
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Westmeath
Area
• Total	159.52 km2 (61.59 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	N454433

Fartullagh (Irish: Fir Thulach),^[1] previously Tyrrells country,^[2] is a barony in south–east County Westmeath, in Ireland. It was formed by 1542.^[3] It is bordered by County Offaly to the south and three other baronies: Moycashel (to the west), Moyashel and Magheradernon (to the north) and Farbill (to the north–east).

Geography

Fartullagh has an area of 39,418.4 acres (159.521 km²).^[3] The barony contains the eastern half of one large lake, Lough Ennell, the remainder is contained within the barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon. The River Brosna flows through Lough Ennell, eventually connecting with the River Shannon. The M6 motorway passes to the south of Rochfortbridge and Tyrrellspass, which, together with the M4, links Dublin with Galway.

Civil parishes of the barony

This table^[4] lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as the civil parish (not to be confused with an Ecclesiastical parish).

Only three of the townlands in the civil parish of Newtown are in the barony of Fartullagh, the remainder are in the barony of Moycashel.^[5] Similarly only four of the townlands in the civil parish of Mullingar are in the barony of Fartullagh, the remainder are in the barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon.^[6]

Towns, villages and townlands

• Dalystown
• Milltownpass
• Rochfortbridge
• Tyrrellspass

There are 78 townlands in the barony of Fartullagh.^[3]

Buildings

• Belvedere House and Gardens, built in 1740 as a hunting lodge for Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere by architect Richard Castle, one of Ireland's foremost Palladian architects.