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Cappagh

An Cheapach

The original census identifies this Cappagh within Bahags electoral division on the Iveragh peninsula.

Recorded locationCappagh51.94295° N · 10.14625° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

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These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

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Recorded forms

  • An Cheapach · Irish · main form
  • Cappagh · English · main form

Place & story

Ten inhabited houses

The 1911 census records Cappagh in Killinane parish, Iveragh barony and Bahags electoral division. It contained forty-one people, twenty-two male and nineteen female, in ten inhabited houses. The earlier columns give sixty-nine residents and twelve houses in 1891, followed by fifty-three residents and nine houses in 1901. These figures describe this particular Kerry townland, rather than other Cappaghs elsewhere in the county. The census does not attach an explanation for its population change; a nearby note about workhouse inmates belongs to Bahags townland, rather than Cappagh. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Barony
Iveragh
Civil parish
Killinane
Within
Bahaghs
Coordinates
51.94295, -10.14625
Mapped area
2.93 km²
Logainm ID
22043 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cappagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Kerry, printed p6 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Co., 1912
  3. 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 2020-11-30. How this page was prepared.