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Newport

Baile Uí Fhiacháin

The former station preserves the material details of Newport’s railway buildings.

Recorded locationNewport53.88628° N · 9.54681° 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 Fhiacháin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Newport · English · main form

Place & story

A station in cut limestone

Newport’s railway station opened in 1894 as part of the Midland Great Western Railway’s extension towards Achill. The single-storey building has a rectangular plan and walls of roughly textured limestone, with carefully dressed stone around the corners and openings. Paired windows have shallow curved heads, while shaped limestone supports survive at the roof edges. The architectural inventory records later renovation and reuse of the building. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Mayo
Civil parish
Burrishoole
Coordinates
53.88628, -9.54681
Mapped area
0.29 km²
Logainm ID
37087 ↗

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.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Newport. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Newport Railway Station, registration31208015, Mayo survey2008–2013 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  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.