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Ballynoe

An Baile Nua

The original report records this Ballynoe in the rural district around Kanturk.

Recorded locationBallynoe52.20365° N · 8.84954° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadnuanew

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 Baile Nua · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Ballynoe · English · main form

Place & story

Four inhabited houses in 1901

Ballynoe in Kilbrin parish had fifteen residents in 1901: eight males and seven females, living in four inhabited houses. The published report lists it under Greenane electoral division within Kanturk Union. Its comparative columns give nineteen residents in four houses in 1881 and twenty-six residents in five houses in 1891. The reduction by 1901 is recorded without a cause attached to this townland’s entry. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Duhallow
Civil parish
Kilbrin
Within
Kanturk
Coordinates
52.20365, -8.84954
Mapped area
0.68 km²
Logainm ID
10637 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballynoe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County Cork, Table VII, page 80 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Co., Limited, 1902
  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.