placenames1901 census
45People recorded
11Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Hall 11
- Rooney 7
- Sheehan 5
- Taaffe 5
- Harvey 3
Mosstown
Caonach Mór
Mosstown is a townland in Longford. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationMosstown53.62375° N · 7.83075° 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
- Caonach Mór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Mosstown · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Longford
- Barony
- Moydow
- Civil parish
- Kilcommock
- Within
- Kilcommock
- Coordinates
- 53.62375, -7.83075
- Logainm ID
- 32701 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
4People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Taaffe 4
1926 census
37People recorded
11Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mosstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.