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Ballynoe

An Baile Nua

The original Cork report records this Ballynoe within the Mitchelstown Union area.

Recorded locationBallynoe52.24454° N · 8.44360° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadnuanew

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

  • An Baile Nua · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Ballynoe · English · main form

Place & story

Twelve inhabited houses in 1901

Ballynoe in Farahy parish had forty-eight residents in 1901: twenty-three males and twenty-five females. Thirteen houses were recorded, with twelve inhabited and one empty. The comparative columns give seventy-nine residents in fifteen houses in 1881 and forty-nine residents in fourteen houses in 1891. This Ballynoe lay in Farahy electoral division and Fermoy barony. The census records the changes without attaching an explanation to the townland’s row. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Fermoy
Civil parish
Farahy
Within
Farahy
Coordinates
52.24454, -8.44360
Mapped area
1.32 km²
Logainm ID
12792 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballynoe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County Cork, Table VII, page 140 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Co., Limited, 1902
  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.