Townland

Grange

An Ghráinseach

The original census identifies this Grange within Barrymore barony.

Recorded locationGrange52.09079° N · 8.17475° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Ghráinseach · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Grange · English · main form

Place & story

Six occupied houses in 1911

Grange had twenty-three inhabitants in 1911, fourteen male and nine female. Six of its seven houses were occupied and one empty. Its population had been thirty-five in 1891 and thirty-four in 1901, with nine and eight houses respectively. The townland’s area was 338 acres, three roods and four perches. It belonged to Castlelyons parish, Barrymore barony and Coole electoral division, within Fermoy dispensary district and Fermoy Poor Law Union. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Barrymore
Civil parish
Castlelyons
Within
Coole
Coordinates
52.09079, -8.17475
Mapped area
1.37 km²
Logainm ID
10056 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

34People recorded
7Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Buckley 8
  • Meade 6
  • Tobin 5
  • Coleman 4
  • Cashman 3
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1911 census

23People recorded
6Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Buckley 6
  • Meade 6
  • Cashman 5
  • Crowley 3
  • Coleman 1
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1926 census

26People recorded
6Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Coleman 5
  • Cullinane 4
  • Finn 4
  • Meade 4
  • Buckley 3
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Grange. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Cork, Table VII, printed page 64 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 1912
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.