placenames1901 census
119People recorded
23Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Irwin 22
- Conaboy 14
- Gibbons 14
- Madden 12
- Conway 9
Cashel
An Caiseal
A Bronze Age monument in this Islandeady townland preserves evidence of stone-lined burials.
Recorded locationCashel53.79613° N · 9.40585° 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 · non-validated name
- Cashel · English · main form
Place & story
Quarrying revealed the graves
The National Monuments Service’s 2018 account records that quarrying for road material damaged the mound in the early 1950s and exposed burials. Two stone-lined chambers were identified. The open chamber near the centre was divided into two compartments; one contained cremated bone and decorated pottery. Loose slabs were interpreted as possible chamber covers, while four projecting boulders may have formed part of an outer kerb. Those interpretations remain qualified in the record. [2]
A monument in state guardianship
The inventory identifies the site as National Monument 483 in state guardianship and records its name, Turnincorragh, on the 1838 and 1930 Ordnance Survey maps. Its earthen core has an outer covering of large stones. The record gives the surviving mound’s diameter as approximately twelve to fifteen metres and its height as about 1.8 metres. These measurements describe the damaged mound recorded by the survey. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Civil parish
- Islandeady
- Within
- Islandeady
- Coordinates
- 53.79613, -9.40585
- Mapped area
- 1.48 km²
- Logainm ID
- 37173 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
120People recorded
22Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Irwin 27
- Conaboy 14
- Cannon 9
- Gibbons 9
- Conway 8
1926 census
124People recorded
22Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Irwin 27
- Burke 13
- Dawson 8
- Gibbons 8
- Jennings 8
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cashel. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Sites and Monuments Record MA089-019: Turnincorragh burial mound, uploaded18June2018 · Jane O’Shaughnessy, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Cashel Turlough, County Mayo illustration: based on a Cashel Turlough by Graham Horn. 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.