Town

Bessbrook

An Sruthán

Bessbrook is a town in Armagh. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBessbrook54.19012° N · 6.39124° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

An Sruthán · Irish · main form · validated name
Bessbrook · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Armagh
Barony: Orior Upper
Civil parish: Killevy
Within: Clogharevan
Coordinates: 54.19012, -6.39124 (approximate)
Logainm ID: 136012 ↗

Population over time

BESSBROOK — Settlement 2015 (N11000510)

Settlement population, 2011–2021

3,004people · 2021

Both censuses use the same 2015 settlement boundary. These exact counts cover usual residents in the settlement, rather than local government districts or historic counties. Other NISRA tables may use approximate counts.

View population figures

BESSBROOK — Settlement 2015 (N11000510) — census population
Census year	Population
2011	2,739
2021	3,004

Source: NISRA — Census 2021 CT0046 and exact Census 2011 Settlement 2015 populations · Supporting source 1. Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Bessbrook. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.