placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Columbkille
Cill Cholm Cille
The townland has its own census return and a church site recorded separately from Thomastown’s church.
Recorded locationColumbkille52.52823° N · 7.11325° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Cill Cholm Cille · Irish · main form · validated name
- Columbkille · English · main form
Place & story
The recorded church site
The National Monuments Service records a church site in Columbkille, under monument number KK028-043001-. The recorded site is in the northwestern part of the townland. [2]
Fifty-one inhabitants in 1911
The 1911 census counted fifty-one inhabitants in Columbkille, twenty-five male and twenty-six female. Eleven of its twelve houses were occupied and one was empty. The population had been fifty in 1891 and fifty-five in 1901, with thirteen houses at both earlier censuses. The return places the townland in Columbkille parish and Thomastown electoral division, and gives its area as 990 acres, one rood and thirty-three perches. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Gowran
- Civil parish
- Columbkille
- Coordinates
- 52.52823, -7.11325
- Mapped area
- 4.01 km²
- Logainm ID
- 27343 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
51People recorded
11Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
56People recorded
13Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Columbkille. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Columbkille church, SMR KK028-043001- · National Monuments Service, Archaeological Survey of Ireland
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Kilkenny, printed p 41 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Woodland lane at Columbkille, County Kilkenny illustration: based on a Rural Lane by kevin higgins. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.