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Fartha

Feartaigh

The Cork townland’s original census return places it in Kinalea barony and Kinsale Poor Law Union.

Recorded locationFartha51.75844° N · 8.44888° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

feart(grave-)mound

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

  • Feartaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Fartha · English · main form

Place & story

Thirty-eight inhabitants in 1911

Fartha had thirty-eight inhabitants in 1911, eighteen male and twenty female, in seven houses, all occupied. Its population had been forty-four in 1891 and forty in 1901, with twelve and nine houses respectively. The table lists the townland in Ballyfeard parish, electoral division and dispensary district, within Kinalea barony and Kinsale Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 526 acres, three roods and thirty-eight perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Kinalea
Civil parish
Ballyfeard
Coordinates
51.75844, -8.44888
Mapped area
2.13 km²
Logainm ID
10885 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

40People recorded
8Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Walsh 14
  • Aherne 6
  • Ahern 5
  • Conway 5
  • Coleman 4
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1911 census

38People recorded
7Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Walsh 11
  • Conway 9
  • Ahern 8
  • Coleman 5
  • Locke 3
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Fartha. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Cork, Table VII, printed page 83 · 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.