placenames1901 census
13People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Doyle 8
- Bergin 5
Castletown
Baile an Chaisleáin
The 1911 publication preserves comparative figures for this Moneymore electoral-division townland.
Recorded locationCastletown52.95275° N · 7.66689° 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
- Baile an Chaisleáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Castletown · English · main form
Place & story
Thirteen residents in 1901
The 1911 census publication records thirteen inhabitants and two houses in Castletown in its 1901 comparison columns. It gives five inhabitants and two houses for 1891. The entry identifies the townland within Kyle parish and Moneymore electoral division, in the Roscrea Union section for Queen’s County. Its recorded area was 186 acres, three roods and twelve perches. The 1911 housing and population cells are blank; the table supplies no explanation for the absence of figures. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Laois
- Barony
- Clandonagh
- Civil parish
- Kyle
- Within
- Moneymore
- Coordinates
- 52.95275, -7.66689
- Mapped area
- 0.75 km²
- Logainm ID
- 28783 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castletown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1911: Queen’s County, printed p37 · 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.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.