placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Harristown
Baile Hanraí
The La Touche house beside the Liffey was rebuilt after a destructive fire documented in 1891.
Recorded locationHarristown53.13869° N · 6.68161° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Hanraí · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Harristown · English · main form
Place & story
The fire of March 1891
The Kildare Observer of 7 March 1891 reported that John La Touche’s mansion at Harristown had been almost entirely destroyed by fire. Servants, farm labourers, neighbours and police carried furniture, marble sculpture and mantelpieces outside. A brigade from the Curragh Camp helped save the contents after flames had spread through the building. The newspaper described furniture stored in farm buildings and beneath marquees, with heavy objects scattered across the lawn. It stated that the cause of ignition was unknown. [2]
Rebuilding and another restoration
The house’s own history credits James Franklin Fuller with the restoration, which reduced the former three-storey building to two storeys. A lantern light illuminates the upstairs hallway. Michael and Doreen Beaumont bought the estate in 1946 and renovated the house, bringing furniture and pictures from their former home at Wootton in Buckinghamshire. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Naas South
- Civil parish
- Carnalway
- Coordinates
- 53.13869, -6.68161
- Mapped area
- 2.46 km²
- Logainm ID
- 25708 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
85People recorded
21Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
61People recorded
15Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Horgan 7
- Martin 6
- Maxwell 6
- Allison 5
- Nixon 5
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Harristown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Destructive Fire at Harristown: Kildare Observer, 7 March 1891 · Kildare Observer, 1891; original report reproduced by Kildare County Archives & Local Studies
- Our History: Harristown House · Harristown House
- 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 2024-08-21. How this page was prepared.