placenames1901 census
209People recorded
49Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Fitzgerald 15
- Deady 13
- Ahern 12
- Roche 10
- Callaghan 9
Ballyclogh
Baile Cloch
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account describes the working life of the village associated with this townland.
Recorded locationBallyclogh52.17160° N · 8.74649° 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 Cloch · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballyclogh · English · main form
- Ballyclough · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Water power and market days
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Ballyclough’s village at the opening of a valley carrying the Finnow towards the Blackwater. Nearby flour mills operated by Messrs. Haines and Smith used the river’s power and generally employed twenty-five people. Four fairs, chiefly for cattle and pigs, were held during the year. These are observations of the village and its immediate surroundings at that date, rather than claims about present-day businesses. [2]
A school planned in the old chapel
Lewis reported that the village’s thatched Catholic chapel was about to become a school, with a new chapel intended to replace it. His wording records a proposal, not a completed conversion. He also described the castle tower as occupied by the steward of R. E. P. Coote; the surviving tower therefore still had a domestic use in his account. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Civil parish
- Ballyclogh
- Within
- Kilmaclenine
- Coordinates
- 52.17160, -8.74649
- Mapped area
- 1.23 km²
- Logainm ID
- 11856 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
35People recorded
7Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyclogh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyclough, or Lavan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- 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.