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Townland

Johnstown

Baile Eoin

The old church lies just north of this townland, in adjoining Palmerstown.

Recorded locationJohnstown53.23246° N · 6.62158° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead

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

  • Baile Eoin · Irish · main form
  • Johnstown · English · main form

Place & story

A stone recorded in three dimensions

Seán Sourke’s digital survey documents the Flatesbury graveslab in the ruined Johnstown church at Palmerstown. Captured in June 2022, the model records its cross, stepped base and two family shields. Although 1289 is cut into the cross, Sourke identifies the lettering as eighteenth- or nineteenth-century work, later than the medieval carving. The inscribed date therefore does not securely date the monument. [2]

An altered position

The survey compares the slab’s present upright position in the church’s north wall with a nineteenth-century description placing it in the church’s centre. Its current display is one stage in the monument’s history, rather than proof of its original position. The church and slab are nearby landmarks outside Johnstown townland’s boundary. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kildare
Civil parish
Johnstown
Coordinates
53.23246, -6.62158
Mapped area
0.59 km²
Logainm ID
25877 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

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

1911 census

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Johnstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. K3D: The Flatesbury Stone, text and digital model, data captured June 2022 · Seán Sourke; Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups
  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 2024-08-21. How this page was prepared.