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Ballydonnellan

Baile Uí Dhónalláin

The original county census records a small community in Aghagower parish.

Recorded locationBallydonnellan53.78436° N · 9.48657° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadÓ

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

  • Baile Uí Dhónalláin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Ballydonnellan · English · main form

Place & story

A dated record of residents

Ballydonnellan had nine residents in 1901, four males and five females, living in three inhabited houses. The census’s comparative columns show eighteen people in 1881 and ten in 1891, with four houses recorded in each of those earlier years. The table places the townland in Aghagower North electoral division, Aghagower parish and Burrishoole barony. Its population had halved over those twenty years, but the report attaches no explanatory footnote to this row. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Mayo
Civil parish
Aghagower
Coordinates
53.78436, -9.48657
Mapped area
0.25 km²
Logainm ID
36868 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballydonnellan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County Mayo, page 81; published 1902 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom and Company, Dublin
  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.