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An Chrois

The original census places this Mayo townland in Kilgeever parish and Aillemore electoral division.

Watercolour and fine ink view across the boulder-strewn wet sand of Cross Strand, with a raised shingle bank and the distant Clew Bay hills.
Illustration, Cross Strand near Killadoon, County Mayo
Recorded locationCross53.71448° N · 9.90013° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

croiscross; crossroads

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 Chrois · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Cross · English · main form

Place & story

A townland in the Louisburgh district

Cross had seventy-one inhabitants in 1901, thirty-seven male and thirty-four female. All thirteen houses were occupied. The population had been 103 in 1881 and ninety-nine in 1891, with seventeen houses in each year. Its return belongs to Aillemore electoral division, Kilgeever parish and Murrisk barony, within the Louisburgh district of Westport Union. The census recorded its area as 299 acres, three roods and seventeen perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Mayo
Barony
Murrisk
Civil parish
Kilgeever
Within
Aillemore
Coordinates
53.71448, -9.90013
Mapped area
1.21 km²
Logainm ID
36911 ↗

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

47People recorded
10Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Needham 14
  • O Malley 8
  • Williams 8
  • Malley 7
  • McNally 5
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1901: County Mayo, printed p84 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, Dublin, 1902
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Cross Strand near Killadoon, County Mayo illustration: based on a Cross Strand by Oliver Dixon. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.