Townland

Brackney

Breacanach

Brackney is a townland in Kildare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBrackney53.00423° N · 7.08354° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Breacanach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Brackney · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kildare
Civil parish
Churchtown
Coordinates
53.00423, -7.08354
Mapped area
1.23 km²
Logainm ID
25033 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

25People recorded
8Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Carbery 7
  • Rourke 5
  • Fennin 4
  • Boland 2
  • Ramsbottam 2
Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

11People recorded
3Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Fennin 6
  • Rourke 3
  • Corcoran 2
Explore the 1926 records ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Brackney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. 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 2026-07-07. How this page was prepared.