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Cappagh

An Cheapach

The original census distinguishes this Cappagh from Kerry’s several other townlands of the same name.

Recorded locationCappagh51.98680° N · 9.41340° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

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

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

Place & story

A small population in Flesk division

Cappagh appears in the 1911 census under Killaha parish, Magunihy barony and Flesk electoral division. Its thirteen residents comprised six male and seven female inhabitants, with both of its two houses occupied. The same two houses had been recorded in 1891 and 1901, when the population was twenty and seventeen respectively. The townland’s return is separate from the much wider Flesk division, which contained 451 people in 1911. These figures document changes in numbers without establishing why individual residents arrived or departed. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Barony
Magunihy
Civil parish
Killaha
Within
Flesk
Coordinates
51.98680, -9.41340
Mapped area
5.08 km²
Logainm ID
23385 ↗

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 p36 · 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 2018-04-30. How this page was prepared.