Townland

Turbot Island

Tairbeart

Turbot Island is a townland in Galway. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationTurbot Island53.50051° N · 10.14847° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Tairbeart · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Turbot Island · English · main form
  • Inish Toirbirt · English · main form · local name

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Galway
Civil parish
Omey
Coordinates
53.50051, -10.14847
Mapped area
0.57 km²
Logainm ID
18142 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

129People recorded
21Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Wallace 33
  • Clancy 17
  • Toole 17
  • McDonagh 10
  • Conneely 9
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1911 census

105People recorded
19Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Wallace 32
  • Clancy 19
  • Ward 15
  • McDonough 12
  • Toole 11
Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

66People recorded
11Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Wallace 18
  • Ward 17
  • Mullan 10
  • McDonagh 9
  • Conneely 7
Explore the 1926 records ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Turbot Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.