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Townland

Castletown

Baile Chaisleáin Chriofainn

A census table identifies this small Clandonagh townland in what was then Queen’s County.

Recorded locationCastletown52.86633° N · 7.58642° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadcaisleáncastle

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 Chaisleáin Chriofainn · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Castletown · English · main form

Place & story

Twenty-seven residents in the published table

The published 1911 census table records twenty-seven inhabitants in Castletown, ten male and seventeen female, in six inhabited houses. Its comparative columns list thirty-nine residents in 1891 and twenty-six in 1901, when seven and five houses were recorded respectively. The entry places the townland in Donaghmore parish and electoral division, within Abbeyleix Union. Its recorded area was 371 acres, one rood and twenty-seven perches. These figures concern the Donaghmore townland rather than another place called Castletown. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Laois
Civil parish
Donaghmore
Coordinates
52.86633, -7.58642
Mapped area
1.5 km²
Logainm ID
27904 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Castletown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1911: Queen’s County, printed p13 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
  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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.