placenames1901 census
86People recorded
17Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Kirby 21
- Gibbons 14
- Murry 9
- OMalley 9
- Higgins 7
Cogaula
Cagála
The original census return identifies this Burrishoole-barony townland within Clogher electoral division.
Recorded locationCogaula53.81818° N · 9.46098° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Cagála · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Cogaula · English · main form
Place & story
Eighty-six inhabitants
The 1901 census recorded eighty-six inhabitants in Cogaula, forty-two male and forty-four female. Seventeen of its eighteen houses were occupied and one was empty. The population had been 101 in 1881 and seventy-two in 1891, with twenty-two and seventeen houses respectively. The return places Cogaula in Islandeady parish and Clogher electoral division, within Westport Union. Its recorded area was 402 acres, one rood and twenty-six perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Civil parish
- Islandeady
- Within
- Clogher
- Coordinates
- 53.81818, -9.46098
- Mapped area
- 1.57 km²
- Logainm ID
- 37005 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
88People recorded
17Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cogaula. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1901: County Mayo, printed p 83 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, Dublin, 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.