What is "knockbody"

Knockbody is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about north of Mullingar.

Knockbody is one of 11 townlands of the civil parish of Stonehall in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers .

The neighbouring townlands are: Monintown to the north, Martinstown to the south, Blackmiles to the south–west and Stonehall to the west. Knockbody borders the southern end of Lough Derravaragh.

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 3 houses and 22 inhabitants in the townland.