placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Cogaula
Coigeála
The original return distinguishes this Carra-barony townland from Mayo’s other Cogaula.
Recorded locationCogaula53.77172° N · 9.26339° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Coigeála · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Cogaula · English · main form
Place & story
Fifteen inhabitants
The 1901 census recorded fifteen inhabitants in Cogaula, five male and ten female. Five of its six houses were occupied and one was empty. The population had been sixteen in 1881 and fifteen in 1891, with five and six houses respectively. The table places this Cogaula in Ballintober parish, Carra barony and Ballyhean electoral division, within Castlebar Union. Its recorded area was 453 acres, three roods and one perch. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Carra
- Civil parish
- Ballintober
- Within
- Ballyhean
- Coordinates
- 53.77172, -9.26339
- Mapped area
- 1.84 km²
- Logainm ID
- 35550 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
12People recorded
3Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Joyce 6
- Madden 3
- Merrigan 3
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cogaula. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1901: County Mayo, printed p 42 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, Dublin, 1902
- 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.