placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Naul
An Aill
Two small structures preserve different kinds of local investment, from a family burial place to a shared water supply.
Recorded locationNaul53.59036° N · 6.28140° 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
- An Aill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Naul · English · main form
Place & story
The Husseys’ dated chapel
A diagonal inscription dates Naul’s small chapel to 1710 and names Colonel Edward Hussey and his wife Mable, née Barnewall, as its founders. It states that the chapel and monument were intended for them and their descendants. The surviving structure incorporates a doorway and window reused from the neighbouring medieval church. The pointed doorway and elaborate ogee-headed window thus belong to an older building, carried into a later family memorial. [2]
A pump residents petitioned for
The cast-iron water pump installed in 1922 followed residents’ request for an additional supply. Made by Dublin firm Tonge and Taggart, it bears the emblem of Balrothery Rural District Council. The official inventory records that rusty water made villagers favour an earlier pump outside the dispensary. The later pump became disused, was moved in 2014 and restored by Naul Community Council in 2020 with Heritage Council support. Its history joins a practical public service to a later community conservation project. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Balrothery West
- Civil parish
- Naul
- Coordinates
- 53.59036, -6.28140
- Mapped area
- 1.19 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1411865 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
85People recorded
17Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Rankin 10
- Gilsenan 9
- Sherwin 9
- Downes 8
- Rooney 7
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Naul. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Naul chapel,NIAH11308004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Naul waterpump,NIAH11308005 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- The surviving Hussey family chapel at Naul, County Dublin, as photographed in October 2008 illustration: based on a Chapel at The Naul, Co. Dublin by Kieran Campbell. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.