placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Ballymurphy
Baile Uí Mhurchú
The original 1911 census records houses and population for Ballymurphy in Tankardstown electoral division.
Recorded locationBallymurphy52.82839° N · 6.75618° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Uí Mhurchú · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballymurphy · English · main form
Place & story
Eighteen residents in 1911
The published 1911 census places this Ballymurphy in Tullowphelim parish and Rathvilly barony, within Tankardstown electoral division. It recorded eighteen residents: eleven males and seven females. Six houses stood in the townland, with five inhabited and one empty. The same table gives twenty-six residents in 1891 and twenty-three in 1901. House numbers rose from five to six between those earlier censuses and remained at six in 1911. These figures concern the townland near Tullow, distinct from the Ballymurphy village in southern Carlow. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Carlow
- Barony
- Rathvilly
- Civil parish
- Tullowphelim
- Within
- Tankardstown
- Coordinates
- 52.82839, -6.75618
- Mapped area
- 1.71 km²
- Logainm ID
- 3518 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
18People recorded
5Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Twamley 7
- Power 3
- Byrne 2
- Dowse 2
- Fitzgerald 2
1926 census
9People recorded
4Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballymurphy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911, County of Carlow, Table VII, p. 20 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
- 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.