placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Lusk
Lusca
Two houses in Lusk townland preserve contrasting forms of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century domestic building.
Recorded locationLusk53.52238° N · 6.16590° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Lusca · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lusk · English · main form
Place & story
Clay Cottage’s changing fabric
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates Clay Cottage on Dublin Road to around 1750. Its small thatched house acquired extensions around 1940 and 1960. The survey records an oat-straw roof with a twisted ridge, a projecting porch and a mixture of later casement and sash windows. A boulder in the boundary wall carries the initials JD and FG and the date 1754. That inscription is a separate piece of evidence from the inventory’s approximate date for the house. [2]
The house on Minister’s Road
The former Church of Ireland glebe house on Minister’s Road was built in 1821 under the Board of First Fruits. Its main accommodation rises over a basement, beneath a hipped slate roof. The inventory records surviving timber sash windows and an entrance with a fanlight and sidelights. Outbuildings stand behind it. The house represents the domestic provision made for the parish clergy, complementing Lusk’s better-known church and towers. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Civil parish
- Lusk
- Coordinates
- 53.52238, -6.16590
- Mapped area
- 2.7 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1411863 ↗
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
95People recorded
24Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Hogan 11
- Devine 10
- Cruise 7
- Taylor 7
- Sherwin 6
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lusk. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clay Cottage,NIAH11323024 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Glebe House,Ministers Road,NIAH11323007 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.