Townland

Hodgestown

Baile Hoiste

Hodgestown is a townland in Kildare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationHodgestown53.32243° N · 6.81463° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

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 Hoiste · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Hodgestown · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kildare
Barony
Clane
Civil parish
Timahoe
Coordinates
53.32243, -6.81463
Mapped area
2.53 km²
Logainm ID
26100 ↗

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

50People recorded
11Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Leavy 9
  • Freeman 8
  • Heffernan 7
  • Ward 6
  • Crosbie 5
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1926 census

66People recorded
16Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Freeman 9
  • Gill 7
  • Gilligan 6
  • Casey 5
  • Crosby 5
Explore the 1926 records ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Hodgestown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. 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.