placenames1901 census
254People recorded
52Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McNulty 60
- Gallagher 38
- English 32
- Cafferky 26
- Cafferkey 18
Cashel
An Caiseal
The original 1901 census records this townland as part of Achill Island.
Recorded locationCashel53.95439° N · 9.97308° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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 · validated name
- Cashel · English · main form
Place & story
Fifty inhabited houses
Cashel had 254 inhabitants in 1901, 122 male and 132 female. Its fifty-three houses comprised fifty inhabited houses, one uninhabited house and two under construction. The census table places Cashel on Achill Island, within Achill parish and electoral division, Burrishoole barony and Westport Union. Earlier columns record 283 residents in 1881 and 251 in 1891, alongside fifty-seven and forty-eight houses respectively. The entry concerns Cashel townland, rather than the whole island or electoral division. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Civil parish
- Achill
- Within
- Achill
- Coordinates
- 53.95439, -9.97308
- Mapped area
- 6.82 km²
- Logainm ID
- 36854 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
297People recorded
58Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McNulty 67
- Cafferky 46
- English 39
- Gallagher 36
- Gallaher 19
1926 census
259People recorded
58Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McNulty 57
- Cafferkey 50
- Gallagher 46
- English 26
- Cafferky 15
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cashel. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1901: County Mayo, printed p78 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, 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.