placenames1901 census
14People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McGoven 10
- Sullivan 4
Irishtown
An Baile Gaelach
A heritage assessment traced an older house and its grounds within the Ward parish townland.
Recorded locationIrishtown53.43906° N · 6.36682° 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 Baile Gaelach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Irishtown · English · main form
Place & story
Comparing the estate with modern development
Abby Cooper’s 2023 heritage assessment for EirGrid identifies Irishtown House and its designed grounds on nineteenth-century mapping. The assessment reports that the principal house appears to have been demolished and that mapped boundaries, associated buildings and other features were no longer present. It also identifies modern houses at the southern end of the former grounds. The account documents changes to this particular estate rather than a surviving house open to visitors. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Civil parish
- Ward
- Within
- Finglas
- Coordinates
- 53.43906, -6.36682
- Mapped area
- 0.76 km²
- Logainm ID
- 17327 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
7People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McGovern 7
1926 census
14People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- O'Sullivan 8
- Yourell 3
- Lee 1
- Tallon 1
- Wickham 1
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Irishtown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- East Meath–North Dublin Grid Upgrade: Step4A archaeology, architectural heritage and cultural heritage baseline information, February2023, entryDL_06, printed page95, within March2023 route-options report · Abby Cooper, Jacobs Engineering Ireland Limited, prepared for EirGrid
- 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.