placenames1901 census
228People recorded
51Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Murphy 15
- Condon 11
- O'Callaghan 11
- Flynn 10
- OBrien 10
Churchtown
Baile an Teampaill
The 1911 census counts Churchtown town separately within the townland of the same name.
Recorded locationChurchtown52.27360° N · 8.73452° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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
- Baile an Teampaill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Churchtown · English · main form
- Churchtown South · English · main form · local name
Place & story
The rural return
The 1911 census records twenty-one inhabitants, twelve male and nine female, in Churchtown’s rural townland return. Four houses were occupied and one was empty. Its earlier comparative populations were twenty-three in 1891 and eighteen in 1901. These figures exclude the separately enumerated town. [2]
The town within the townland
Churchtown town had 171 inhabitants in 1911, with forty-two occupied houses and three empty houses. Its comparative population was 210 in 1901. A footnote states that the town stood within the townland of Churchtown, whose area and valuation included it. The townland covered 162 acres, three roods and twenty-two perches, while the town’s estimated extent was twenty-two acres. Comparing the combined 1901 population with only the rural 1911 return would therefore give a misleading impression of change. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Civil parish
- Churchtown
- Within
- Churchtown
- Coordinates
- 52.27360, -8.73452
- Mapped area
- 0.66 km²
- Logainm ID
- 11741 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
21People recorded
4Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- OBrien 7
- Cowhey 5
- OConnor 2
- Simcox 2
- Collins 1
1926 census
179People recorded
38Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Sullivan 17
- O'Brien 15
- Gaffney 13
- Tierney 9
- Fitzpatrick 8
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Churchtown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1911: County and City of Cork, printed p104 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom and Company, Limited, Dublin, 1912
- 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.