placenames.ie
Townland

Cashel

An Caiseal

The 1901 census records this Islandeady parish townland within Castlebar Union.

Recorded locationCashel53.88510° N · 9.40647° 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

Fifty-eight residents

Cashel’s 1901 census return lists fifty-eight inhabitants, evenly divided between twenty-nine male and twenty-nine female residents. All ten houses were occupied. Its population had stood at seventy-four in 1881 and sixty-two in 1891, when eleven houses were recorded in each year. The entry places Cashel in Croaghmoyle electoral division, Islandeady parish and Carra barony. The figures concern the townland rather than the whole parish. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Mayo
Barony
Carra
Civil parish
Islandeady
Coordinates
53.88510, -9.40647
Mapped area
1.25 km²
Logainm ID
35805 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

56People recorded
9Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Reilly 22
  • Salmon 13
  • Ginnelly 8
  • Mulroy 5
  • Quigley 4
Explore the 1911 records ↗

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 p50 · 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.