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
Mullach Íde· Irish · main form · validated name
Malahide· English · main form
Place & story
A castle altered over centuries
Malahide Castle grew through repeated alterations by the Talbot family. Its official chronology dates confirmation of their lordship to 1189, the Great Hall to 1475 and the addition of the towers to 1765. These successive building campaigns shaped the house’s familiar outline.[2]
People & connections
Milo Talbot and a public future
Milo Reginald Talbot inherited the castle in 1949. After retiring from the British Foreign Office in 1956, he devoted more time to the botanical collection he was developing in its gardens. His death was followed by a sale of the castle’s contents on 10 May 1976. On 12 June 1977 the castle opened to the public. The gardens preserve the importance of plant collecting in the estate’s later history alongside the furnishings, portraits and architecture of the house.[2]
Folklore & tradition
Puck in print
Constance Louisa Adams included Puck among Malahide Castle’s ghost traditions in Castles of Ireland, published in 1904. Her account establishes a printed record of the castle’s association with that name more than a century ago.[3]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
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Malahide — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
These are the historical areas published in the 2006 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
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Malahide, Fingal — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
These are the historical areas published in the 1996 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
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Malahide, Fingal — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Figures cover the historical town area printed in the 1986 report. Boundaries may have changed between censuses. Legal town, environs and suburb totals remain separate and differ from modern settlement boundaries.
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Malahide, Dublin — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.
Malahide, Fingal
Published census settlement populations
16,550people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
Malahide Castle illustration: based on a reference photograph by William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland. AI-assisted watercolour and fine ink adaptation; warm cream paper margins; incidental clutter removed and architectural details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
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