placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Ballynahown
Baile na hAbhann
A small Ballynahown near Bookeen appears separately in the original Galway census report.
Recorded locationBallynahown53.26626° N · 8.62165° 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
- Baile na hAbhann · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballynahown · English · main form
Place & story
Five residents in 1911
The 1911 census recorded five people in Ballynahown, Lickerrig parish: three males and two females, living in one inhabited house. Its comparative columns give twelve residents and one house in 1901, while the 1891 columns contain no houses or residents. The table places this townland in Kilconierin electoral division and Athenry barony, within Loughrea Union. It records a changing population without explaining the changes. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Athenry
- Civil parish
- Lickerrig
- Within
- Kilconierin
- Coordinates
- 53.26626, -8.62165
- Mapped area
- 0.29 km²
- Logainm ID
- 19950 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
5People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Connolly 5
1926 census
9People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Fergus 9
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballynahown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Galway, Table VII, page 64 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, Limited, 1912
- 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.