placenames1901 census
58People recorded
10Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Bruton 13
- Kelly 13
- Wall 8
- Wright 6
- Heydon 4
Brownstown
Baile an Bhrúnaigh
A manuscript map in the National Library records Brownstown within its south Kildare estate landscape.
Recorded locationBrownstown53.01328° N · 7.03044° 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
- Baile an Bhrúnaigh · Irish · main form
- Brownstown · English · main form
Place & story
Tenants and acreage on a manuscript map
The National Library of Ireland catalogues a map of Brownstown and Churchtown in Narragh and Reban West barony. It describes the map as showing tenants’ names and the acreages of their holdings, at a scale of twenty statute perches to an inch. The catalogue dates it broadly between 1770 and 1840, rather than assigning a precise survey year. Preserved in the Longfield Map Collection, the item records the two neighbouring places together as a landscape of separately measured holdings. The catalogue identifies Robert Ormsby Longfield as its donor, which does not establish him as its surveyor. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Narragh and Reban West
- Civil parish
- Churchtown
- Within
- Churchtown
- Coordinates
- 53.01328, -7.03044
- Mapped area
- 0.56 km²
- Logainm ID
- 25034 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
24People recorded
6Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
37People recorded
8Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Burke 8
- Fennelly 6
- Myles 6
- Chambers 4
- Trelly 4
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Brownstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Map of Brownstown and Churchtown, MS21F35/(074), catalogue recordvtls000302050 · National Library of Ireland
- 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 2026-04-27. How this page was prepared.