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Ballynoe

An Baile Nua

The census places this small Ballynoe within Kinsale Union and Kinalea barony.

Watercolour and fine ink view of broad green cattle pasture and a wire fence at Ballynoe in Ballyfeard parish.
Illustration, grassland at Ballynoe, Ballyfeard parish, County Cork
Recorded locationBallynoe51.76859° N · 8.41959° 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

Three residents in 1901

The original 1901 census recorded three people in Ballynoe, Ballyfeard parish: two males and one female, living in a single inhabited house. The same table gives five residents and one house in 1891. It places the townland in Ballyfeard electoral division within Kinsale Union. The entries record a small population without explaining the change or establishing continuity of the household between censuses. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Kinalea
Civil parish
Ballyfeard
Coordinates
51.76859, -8.41959
Mapped area
0.79 km²
Logainm ID
10884 ↗

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 91 · 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.
  4. Grassland at Ballynoe, Ballyfeard parish, County Cork illustration: based on a Grassland at Ballynoe by Jonathan Thacker. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

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