placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Fahavane
An Fhaiche Bhán
The Kerry townland is separately listed within Clanmaurice barony and Kilflyn electoral division.
Recorded locationFahavane52.34398° N · 9.62968° 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
- An Fhaiche Bhán · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Fahavane · English · main form
Place & story
Sixty inhabitants in 1911
Fahavane had sixty inhabitants in 1911, thirty male and thirty female, in seven houses, all occupied. The population had been fifty-seven in 1891 and sixty-three in 1901, with nine and ten houses respectively. The table places it in Kilflyn parish and electoral division, Clanmaurice barony, Tralee No. 1 dispensary district and Tralee Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 361 acres, three roods and sixteen perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Civil parish
- Kilflyn
- Coordinates
- 52.34398, -9.62968
- Mapped area
- 1.46 km²
- Logainm ID
- 24566 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
60People recorded
7Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Brosnan 11
- Shea 9
- Stack 9
- Fuller 7
- Flaherty 6
1926 census
62People recorded
10Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Barrett 11
- Stack 9
- Fuller 7
- Brosnan 5
- O'Shea 5
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fahavane. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Kerry, Table VII, printed page 67 · 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 2021-02-11. How this page was prepared.