placenames.ie
Townland

Crosshaven

Bun an Tábhairne

The original 1911 table separates the townland’s rural figures from Crosshaven town, which crossed a boundary.

Watercolour and fine ink frontal view of the five-bay limestone Crosshaven House with a central pediment, blue door and formal green lawn.
Illustration, Crosshaven House near Crosshaven, County Cork
Recorded locationCrosshaven51.80135° N · 8.28906° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bun(river-)mouth, bottom(-land)

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

  • Bun an Tábhairne · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Crosshaven · English · main form

Place & story

The townland’s separate census line

Crosshaven’s rural return counted 221 people in 1911, ninety-two male and 129 female. Of sixty-eight houses, fifty-six were occupied, eight were empty and four were being built. The corresponding populations had been 129 in 1891 and 173 in 1901. The table places the townland in Templebreedy parish and electoral division, in Kerrycurrihy barony, and records 166 acres, two roods and fifteen perches. [2]

A town spread over two townlands

The separate town return recorded 576 inhabitants in 1911, including residents of a convent and boarding school. A footnote states that Crosshaven town stood on Crosshaven and Knocknagore townlands. Its estimated twenty-acre area and valuation were included in those townlands. The town population therefore cannot all be assigned to Crosshaven townland alone. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Civil parish
Templebreedy
Coordinates
51.80135, -8.28906
Mapped area
0.68 km²
Logainm ID
11184 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Crosshaven. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1911: County and City of Cork, printed pp87–88 · 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.
  4. Crosshaven House near Crosshaven, County Cork illustration: based on a Crosshaven House, Crosshaven, Co. Cork (1) by Mike Searle. 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.