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Corroy

Corr Ráithe

The original census identifies this Ballynahaglish parish townland in Carrowmore electoral division.

Recorded locationCorroy54.06157° N · 9.17707° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

corrround hill, pointed hill, hollow; pointed, conspicuous, odd

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

  • Corr Ráithe · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Corroy · English · main form

Place & story

Forty-seven inhabitants

The 1901 census counted forty-seven inhabitants in Corroy, twenty-one male and twenty-six female. Eight of its ten houses were occupied and two were empty. Its population had been sixty-two in 1881 and sixty-one in 1891, with ten houses at each earlier census. The table places Corroy in Ballynahaglish parish, Tirawley barony and Carrowmore electoral division, within Ballina Union. Its recorded area was 163 acres, two roods and thirty-one perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Mayo
Barony
Tirawley
Civil parish
Ballynahaglish
Coordinates
54.06157, -9.17707
Mapped area
0.66 km²
Logainm ID
34295 ↗

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 — Corroy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County Mayo, printed p 11 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, Dublin, 1902
  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.