placenamesCharlestown
Baile Shéarlais
Charlestown is a townland in Dublin. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationCharlestown53.40271° N · 6.30287° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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
- Baile Shéarlais · Irish · main form · validated name
- Charlestown · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Civil parish
- Finglas
- Coordinates
- 53.40271, -6.30287
- Mapped area
- 0.23 km²
- Logainm ID
- 17318 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Charlestown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 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 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.