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Jenkinstown

Baile Sheinicín

Jenkinstown once housed Ballymascanlan’s clergy.

Recorded locationJenkinstown54.02540° N · 6.29616° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead

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 Sheinicín · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Jenkinstown · English · main form

Place & story

The earlier glebe house

The Anglican Record Project’s parish account dates the original glebe house at Jenkinstown to 1781, about two and a quarter miles from Ballymascanlan church. A replacement was built at Ravensdale in 1825. These successive residences connect Jenkinstown with the administration of a parish extending beyond the townland. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Louth
Civil parish
Ballymascanlan
Coordinates
54.02540, -6.29616
Mapped area
3.95 km²
Logainm ID
33838 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

228People recorded
54Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Treanor 31
  • Keenan 20
  • Finnegan 17
  • Hughes 15
  • McGeone 14
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Jenkinstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Ballymascanlan parish registers: brief history, printed pageiv, December2018 · S. M. W., Anglican Record Project; hosted by the Church of Ireland
  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.