placenames1901 census
26People recorded
5Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Fitzsimons 6
- Synnott 6
- Burke 3
- Kirwan 2
- Macklin 2
Forenaghts Great
Fornocht
Forenaghts Great is a townland in Kildare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationForenaghts Great53.22759° N · 6.60027° 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
- Fornocht · Irish · main form
- Forenaghts Great · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Salt South
- Civil parish
- Forenaghts
- Coordinates
- 53.22759, -6.60027
- Mapped area
- 1.29 km²
- Logainm ID
- 26068 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
30People recorded
5Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Fitz Simons 7
- Kerwin 6
- Synnott 5
- Burke 2
- Fay 2
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Forenaghts Great. 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 2019-07-09. How this page was prepared.