placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Cloghan
An Clochán
The 1901 census distinguishes this Gallen townland from the wider settlement bearing its name.
Recorded locationCloghan53.22284° N · 7.88973° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Clochán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Cloghan · English · main form
Place & story
The census boundary
The 1901 census listed Cloghan townland in Gallen parish, Garrycastle barony and Cloghan electoral division, with an area of 154 acres, three roods and twenty-one perches. Its footnote explains that Cloghan town stood across Cloghan, Creggan and Glosterboy, and Magherabane townlands. The town’s estimated thirty-four acres were included in those townland areas. [2]
The wider town in 1901
Across that wider settlement, the census counted 360 inhabitants, equally divided between 180 males and 180 females. Seventy of its seventy-three houses were occupied and three were empty. The comparative columns give 414 residents in 1881 and 399 in 1891. These are figures for the town spanning three townlands, rather than a population assigned wholly to Cloghan townland. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Garrycastle
- Civil parish
- Gallen
- Coordinates
- 53.22284, -7.88973
- Mapped area
- 0.62 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1165782 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
145People recorded
33Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Grogan 11
- Mulhare 10
- Reddin 9
- Slevin 8
- Brereton 7
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cloghan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1901: King’s County, printed pp 5–6 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Company, Dublin, 1901
- 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.