In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Newtown like this:
NEWTOWN, a village, in the parish of LUSMAGH, barony of GARRYCASTLE, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 1 ½ mile (S.) from Banagher, on the road from Parsonstown to Cloghan castle; containing 59 houses and 348 inhabitants. Here is a station of the constabulary police.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newtown, in and County Offaly | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27709
Date accessed: 03rd May 2024
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