Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
GLASSAN	Preferred	English			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 477.
GLASSON	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.

Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WESTMEATH	Irish County			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 477.
ATHLONE	Poor Law Union			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 477.
KILKENNY WEST	Barony			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 477.
BUNOWN	Irish Civil Parish			1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'.
KILKENNY WEST	Irish Civil Parish			UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 477.

Boundary changes

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Lower level units

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