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Townland

Castletown

Baile Chaisleáin Ó mBuí

The 1911 census places this townland in Farnans electoral division.

Watercolour and fine ink view of the grey Castletown church at Killabban, with a square pinnacled tower, three round-arched side windows and low roadside wall.
Illustration, Castletown Church, Killabban, County Laois
Recorded locationCastletown52.91912° N · 7.03767° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadbuíyellowcaisleáncastleÓ

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 Ó mBuí · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Castletown · English · main form

Place & story

Twenty-eight inhabitants

Castletown’s 1911 entry records twenty-eight inhabitants, thirteen male and fifteen female. Eight of its nine houses were occupied and one was empty. The population had stood at thirty-eight in 1891 and thirty-seven in 1901, while house numbers changed from nine to seven and back to nine. The table places the townland in Killabban parish, Slievemargy barony and Farnans electoral division, within the Queen’s County part of Carlow Union. Its recorded area was 298 acres, one rood and twenty perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Laois
Civil parish
Killabban
Within
Farnans
Coordinates
52.91912, -7.03767
Mapped area
1.21 km²
Logainm ID
28844 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

28People recorded
8Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Mc Donald 5
  • Mc Dowell 4
  • Mc Evoy 4
  • Brennan 3
  • English 3
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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 p20 · 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.
  4. Castletown Church in Killabban parish, County Laois illustration: based on a Castle town Church, Killabban by liam murphy. 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.