placenames1901 census
60People recorded
12Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Burtchell 10
- Treacy 7
- Slattery 6
- Buggle 5
- Coonan 5
Boston
Bostún
Boston is a townland in Kildare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBoston53.28495° N · 6.57350° 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
- Bostún · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Boston · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Salt South
- Civil parish
- Oughterard
- Coordinates
- 53.28495, -6.57350
- Mapped area
- 1.88 km²
- Logainm ID
- 26029 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
53People recorded
10Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Buggle 9
- McLoughlin 6
- Byrne 5
- Slattery 5
- Christian 4
1926 census
39People recorded
8Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Buggle 7
- Christian 7
- O'Connor 7
- McLoughlin 4
- Nolan 3
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Boston. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 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 2021-01-21. How this page was prepared.