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Townland

Cashel

An Caiseal

The 1901 census separates this north Mayo townland from other places called Cashel.

Recorded locationCashel54.25638° N · 9.23321° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

caisealstone ring-fort

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

  • An Caiseal · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Cashel · English · main form

Place & story

The original townland return

Cashel’s 1901 census entry records fifty-one inhabitants, twenty-three male and twenty-eight female, in nine houses, all occupied. It lists fifty-three inhabitants in 1881 and fifty-nine in 1891. House numbers fell from twelve to ten and then nine across those returns. The townland appears under Kilcummin parish, Tirawley barony and Lackan South electoral division, within Killala Union. Its recorded area was 310 acres, three roods and thirty-two perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Mayo
Barony
Tirawley
Civil parish
Kilcummin
Coordinates
54.25638, -9.23321
Mapped area
1.25 km²
Logainm ID
34597 ↗

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 — Cashel. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1901: County Mayo, printed p67 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, 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.