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Cappagh

An Cheapaigh

The original census distinguishes this Corkaguiny townland from Kerry’s other Cappaghs.

Watercolour and fine ink view of Cappagh Beach at low tide, with broad wet sand, a rocky tree-lined shore and the actual low mountain skyline beyond.
Illustration, Cappagh Beach near Cloghane, County Kerry
Recorded locationCappagh52.25140° N · 10.16326° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

ceapachplot of land, tillage plot

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 Cheapaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Cappagh · English · main form

Place & story

Eleven inhabited houses in 1911

The 1911 census lists Cappagh within Cloghane parish and electoral division, Corkaguiny barony and Dingle poor-law union. It records ninety people, fifty-three male and thirty-seven female, in eleven inhabited houses. The 1901 columns give seventy-nine residents and fourteen houses; the 1891 population was also ninety, in thirteen houses. The repeated population total does not establish continuity of individual residents. These figures concern the Cloghane townland, rather than Cappagh in Killinane parish on the Iveragh peninsula. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Cloghane
Within
Cloghane
Coordinates
52.25140, -10.16326
Mapped area
0.78 km²
Logainm ID
22526 ↗

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 p18 · 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.
  4. Cappagh Beach near Cloghane, County Kerry illustration: based on a Cappagh Beach, Cloghane, Kerry by Peter Evans. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.