Townland

Cloonnafinneela

Cluain na Fionaíle

The original census return records this Kilflyn parish community in Clanmaurice barony.

Recorded locationCloonnafinneela52.34221° N · 9.60233° 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.

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

  • Cluain na Fionaíle · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Cloonnafinneela · English · main form

Place & story

A townland population of 139

The 1911 census counted 139 inhabitants in Cloonnafinneela, sixty-nine male and seventy female. Twenty-six of its twenty-seven houses were occupied and one was empty. Its population had been 164 in 1891 and 148 in 1901, with twenty-eight and thirty houses respectively. The table places the townland in Kilflyn parish and electoral division, within Clanmaurice barony and Tralee Union. Its recorded area was 745 acres and twenty-seven perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Kilflyn
Coordinates
52.34221, -9.60233
Mapped area
3.01 km²
Logainm ID
24565 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

148People recorded
29Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Leen 15
  • McElligott 12
  • Archer 11
  • Buckley 11
  • Sweeney 9
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1911 census

139People recorded
26Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Leen 16
  • Archer 13
  • Breen 10
  • Murphy 9
  • Cashel 8
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1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cloonnafinneela. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Kerry, printed p 67 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, 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 2021-02-11. How this page was prepared.