placenames1901 census
69People recorded
14Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Shanahan 10
- Sullivan 8
- Neenan 6
- Toomey 6
- Falvey 5
Crotta
Crota
The 1911 census lists Crotta separately under Kilfeighny and Kilflyn parishes within the same electoral division.
Recorded locationCrotta52.36412° N · 9.61808° 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
- Crota · Irish · main form
- Crotta · English · main form
Place & story
The Kilfeighny portion
Crotta’s Kilfeighny parish portion contained fifteen inhabitants in 1911, four male and eleven female. Two houses were occupied and one was empty. Its population had been seven in 1891 and sixteen in 1901. This smaller portion covered sixty-two acres, two roods and three perches. [2]
The Kilflyn portion
The larger portion in Kilflyn parish covered 430 acres and seven perches. It had fifty-two inhabitants in 1911, twenty-three male and twenty-nine female, in ten occupied houses. Its population had been seventy-eight in 1891 and fifty-three in 1901. Both Crotta entries fall within Kilfeighny electoral division, Clanmaurice barony and Listowel Union. Together their 1911 populations amount to sixty-seven people, with twelve occupied houses and one empty house. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Civil parish
- Kilfeighny
- Civil parish
- Kilflyn
- Coordinates
- 52.36412, -9.61808
- Mapped area
- 1.99 km²
- Logainm ID
- 23995 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
67People recorded
12Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
57People recorded
10Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Crotta. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1911: County Kerry, printed p49 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 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 2020-03-30. How this page was prepared.