placenames1901 census
85People recorded
16Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Doogan 13
- Owens 10
- Fahy 7
- Keating 7
- Kelly 7
Castlegar
An Caisleán Gearr
The original 1911 census identifies this Killian barony townland within Mount Bellew Union.
Recorded locationCastlegar53.47323° N · 8.46880° 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.
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Recorded forms
- An Caisleán Gearr · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Castlegar · English · main form
Place & story
Ninety-seven inhabitants
Castlegar’s 1911 census entry lists ninety-seven inhabitants, fifty male and forty-seven female. Seventeen of its eighteen houses were inhabited and one was empty. The townland had contained one hundred people in 1891 and eighty-five in 1901. House numbers changed from eighteen to sixteen and back to eighteen across those returns. The table places Castlegar in Ballynakill parish and electoral division, within Killian barony and Mount Bellew Union. Its recorded area was 799 acres and three perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Killian
- Civil parish
- Ballynakill
- Within
- Ballynakill
- Coordinates
- 53.47323, -8.46880
- Mapped area
- 3.24 km²
- Logainm ID
- 20290 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
97People recorded
17Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castlegar. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1911: County Galway, printed p80 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 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.