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Townland

Cashel

An Caiseal

An original census table preserves a 1901 record for this Costello townland.

Recorded locationCashel53.92735° N · 8.76984° 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 1901 townland entry

The census records 108 inhabitants in Cashel in 1901, fifty-six male and fifty-two female. All nineteen houses were occupied. The comparative columns list 110 residents in 1881 and 123 in 1891, when nineteen and twenty-one houses were recorded respectively. The entry places Cashel in Kilbeagh parish and electoral division, within Costello barony and Swineford Union. Its recorded area was 415 acres, three roods and seven perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Mayo
Barony
Costello
Civil parish
Kilbeagh
Within
Kilbeagh
Coordinates
53.92735, -8.76984
Mapped area
1.68 km²
Logainm ID
36596 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1911 census

101People recorded
19Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Higgins 17
  • Horkan 17
  • Mullany 13
  • Harrington 10
  • Heggins 8
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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 p74 · 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.