Rochfortbridge (Irish: Droichead Chaisleán Loiste, meaning 'Castle Lost Bridge')[2] is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland.

George died just three years later, in 1730, and the village was then under the control of his son Robert Rochfort (soon to become 1st Earl of Belvedere).

In 1847 Josias Cooper and Lord Kilmaine rebuilt the village as part of a famine relief programme.

Almost all of the original village dwellings were demolished during this rebuilding effort; the only remaining Rochefort-era building is the former Church of Ireland.

[5] In 1862 three nuns established Mercy Convent Rochfortbridge, moving into a purpose-built building in 1872 with the monetary support of a local family.

At the urging of Thomas McNulty, Bishop of Meath, Mother Mary Stanislaus O'Neill established St. Joseph's Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in 1892, which provided education and vocational training for deaf and dumb girls until its closure in 1942 due to low attendance.